Wave of coups disrupts Africa as U.S.-trained soldiers play key role in overthrowing governments
Wave of coups disrupts Africa as U.S.-trained soldiers play key role in overthrowing governments
- February 8, 2022
- Samar Al-Bulushi, anthropology, Democracy Now!, Feb. 8, 2022
The African Union is condemning a wave of coups in Africa, where military forces have seized power over the past 18 months in Mali, Chad, Guinea, Sudan and, most recently, in January, Burkina Faso. Several were led by U.S.-trained officers as part of a growing U.S. military presence in the region under the guise of counterterrorism, which is a new imperial influence that supplements the history of French colonialism, says Brittany Meché, assistant professor at Williams College. ... “Between the U.S.-led war on terror and the wider international community’s fixation on 'security,' this is a context that centers, if not privileges, military solutions to political problems,” adds Samar Al-Bulushi, contributing editor for Africa Is a Country.
For the full story, please visit https://www.democracynow.org/2022/2/8/us_presence_in_africa_fuels_coups.
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