West, Central and North Africa have seen a number of successful power grabs in recent years. These can broadly be divided into two types: the anti-imperialist and the opportunist. In the first camp, we have the Sahel’s revolutionary trio: Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger – who have since formed an alliance and are on a path to greater African sovereignty and pan-African unity. The second camp includes Chad, Gabon, Guinea and Sudan – a mixed bag of players in the high-stakes control-seizure game. Our slides take a closer look at what differentiates the two types of coup.
