The political landscape in West Africa has been undergoing dramatic changes since 2020, marked by a series of coups that have reshaped governance in Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso, Niger and Gabon. This trend of political upheaval extends to nearby Central African countries like Sudan and Chad, with visible signs of instability now emerging in Cameroon and Sierra Leone.
Global powers, former colonial states and regional bodies have been grappling with the fallout from these coups, each employing varied strategies to navigate and stabilize the unfolding crisis.
Meanwhile, the primary focus of fact-checkers in the region has shifted to accurately informing the public about the coups and actively correcting divisive falsehoods that often go viral.
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