Coup Belt: Difference between revisions

The term likely originated from when coups were staged in the region’s countries beginning in the early 2020s, including in [[Mali]]{{Cite web |title=After Two Coups, Mali Needs Regional Support to Bolster Democracy |url=https://www.usip.org/publications/2021/12/after-two-coups-mali-needs-regional-support-bolster-democracy |access-date=2023-07-28 |website=United States Institute of Peace |language=en}} in [[2020 Malian coup d’état|2020]] and [[2021 Malian coup d’état|2021]], [[2021 Guinean coup d’état|Guinea]],{{Cite web |title=Why a coup in Guinea was felt around the world |url=https://www.cnbc.com/video/2021/12/16/why-a-coup-in-guinea-was-felt-around-the-world.html |access-date=2023-07-28 |website=CNBC |language=en}} [[Mahamat Déby#President of the Transitional Military Council|Chad]],{{Cite news |last=Walsh |first=Declan |date=2023-07-29 |title=Coast to Coast, a Corridor of Coups Brings Turmoil in Africa |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/29/world/africa/africa-coups-niger.html |access-date=2023-07-30 |issn=0362-4331}} and [[2021 Sudan coup d’état|Sudan]]{{Cite web |title=Sudan’s Coup: One Year Later |url=https://www.cfr.org/blog/sudans-coup-one-year-later |access-date=2023-07-28 |website=Council on Foreign Relations |language=en}} in 2021, two in [[Burkina Faso]] in [[January 2022 Burkina Faso coup d’état|January]]{{Cite news |date=2022-10-03 |title=A timeline of the coup in Burkina Faso since January 2022 |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/a-timeline-of-burkina-faso-since-the-army-seized-power-in-january-2022/article65967044.ece |access-date=2023-07-28 |issn=0971-751X}} and [[September 2022 Burkina Faso coup d’état|September]]{{Cite web |title=Burkina Faso’s coup and political situation: All you need to know |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/5/coup-in-burkina-faso-what-you-need-to-know |access-date=2023-07-28 |website=www.aljazeera.com |language=en}} in 2022, and [[2023 Nigerien coup d’état|in Niger]] and [[2023 Gabonese coup d’état|Gabon]] in 2023.{{Cite web |date=26 July 2023 |title=Niger’s Bazoum ‘held by guards’ in apparent coup attempt |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/26/soldiers-holding-niger-president-inside-palace-security-sources |access-date=27 July 2023 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en-US |archive-date=27 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230727002123/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/7/26/soldiers-holding-niger-president-inside-palace-security-sources |url-status=live }} The region also saw attempted coups in [[2021 Nigerien coup d’état attempt|Niger]] and [[September 2021 Sudanese coup d’état attempt|Sudan]] in 2021, [[2022 Guinea-Bissau coup d’état attempt|Guinea–Bissau]] and [[2022 Gambian coup d’état attempt|The Gambia]] in 2022, and [[2023 Sudan conflict|Sudan]] and [[2023 Sierra Leone coup plot|Sierra Leone]] in 2023.