psychothumbs@lemmy.world to MapPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoCountries in North Africa that have had coups since 2020lemmy.worldimagemessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up1122arrow-down12
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minus-squareSamsonSeinfelder@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·1 year agoCan someone explain what these countries have in common that they form this straight line across north africa?
minus-squarePochoHipster@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·1 year agoThey are all in the Sahel region. The Sahara is expanding into them as the climate changes.
minus-squareakhenaten0@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoThis. Climate pressure is agriculture pressure is economic pressure is political pressure. Doesn’t seem to bode well for the Great Green Wall project, does it?
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minus-squaremiles@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-21 year agothis area is known as the Sahel, it contains some of the poorest countries in the world.
minus-squareangrymouse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoI really think that is about islamic extremism, especially ISIS related grousp. Not that these groups attempt coups directly but they cause an absurd amount of political chaos
minus-squareanewbeginning@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoAmongst the poorest in Africa.
Can someone explain what these countries have in common that they form this straight line across north africa?
They are all in the Sahel region. The Sahara is expanding into them as the climate changes.
This. Climate pressure is agriculture pressure is economic pressure is political pressure.
Doesn’t seem to bode well for the Great Green Wall project, does it?
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this area is known as the Sahel, it contains some of the poorest countries in the world.
I really think that is about islamic extremism, especially ISIS related grousp. Not that these groups attempt coups directly but they cause an absurd amount of political chaos
Amongst the poorest in Africa.