In the recent years Chad, Guinea, Mali and Sudan caught the international attention for which one of the following reasons common to all of them?
Discovery of rich deposits of rare earth elements
Establishment of Chinese military bases
Southward expansion of Sahara Desert
Successful coups
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UPSC IAS – 2023
Chad experienced a military takeover in April 2021. Guinea had a military coup in September 2021. Mali saw coups in August 2020 and May 2021. Sudan’s transitional government was overthrown by a military coup in October 2021. These successful military takeovers, often referred to as a “coup belt” across the Sahel region, brought these countries into international focus for political instability and democratic backsliding.