In 2023, Niger became the latest country in the Sahel region of northwest Africa to experience a military coup.
Since Mali’s armed takeover in 2020, several neighbouring countries have seen similar military coups.
Now, those leaders are joining forces and reshaping the region.
Sky’s Yousra Elbagir explains how the region has found itself at the heart of geopolitical competition.
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Shom Shom Shom Shamo Sha sha I have kept a close watch on African politics as I feel the power shift Shom Shom Shom Shamo sha sha…
Africans are stupid
They are leaders who love their countries not dictators
Before the west came africa africans were living and we will live god willing
So when patriots wants to liberate their countries then they are dictators because they are military men
I think Western countries are most dictatorship
https://youtu.be/uQ-a7d0leig?si=fO0xE63c5f78R4-E
THIS ARE TRUE AFRICAN LEADERS!
Democracy is a big Scam, a strategy to make those who are oppressed and sabotaged to falsely imagine that they have power to choose leadership. That leadership will work for them, it's a big blind lie. The so-called Western Democracy in Africa is a strategy to continue controlling African Leaders through the Opposition. Power is auctioned at the altar of Democracy, Demoncracy, Fakedocracy or Moneydocracy. Who ever has huge resources and powerful Godfathers from the Western World is usually the one who will win or will be rigged in. Otherwise in democracy if one is not a puppet to the Western World powers, who pull the levers of control through their Embassies, IMF, World Bank, Non Gorvenmental Organizations and their armies stationed all over Africa, then they will be overturned. It happened in Ghana, Nigeria, Iran, Chile, Equador, Ukraine and many other countries. Which is this democracy that we are blindly made to to glorify?
Democracy is a huge Scam in fact it's a Criminal form of government. Capitalism cannot survive without Democracy and Democracy cannot survive without Corruption!
Imagine calling our noble leaders dictators and western country hiding behind democracy to rule and disabilize Africa.
Mere deception
Realities, indeed.
They are freedom fighters who don’t like colonizers, calling them dictators shows that the West is still racist in all its old ways, nothing has changed from the West and is disgusting
Dictators is the only way, democracy going crazy
FREE AFRICA FROM THE WEST
FREE WEST AFRICA FROM THE WEST
Africa unite is happening, and they will try everything to divide us. Focus on the goal, my people. Don't be distracted and misled. By their lies and propaganda. One African one love
New leaders already called dictators,,,nonsense sky news
Free africa
They are not dictators
They are not dictators
We listening to a white man, what interests would he have, Africa??😢
Who is this irrelevant bloke of a director of Chatham house?
The same old grifters talking all that populist nationalist Bs to cover for their inmense corruption and incompetence, Mali and Burkina Faso are about to fall into JNIM's hands like Afghanistan and Siria
I love this three dictators
We Indians are in full support with Africa ❤❤❤🌍❤🇮🇳
The way some people don't want to see Africans happy 😊 as if they are the ones who only have the right to life
Sky news propaganda news full of crap news
Colonial past???? Get serious the french government and African treators are the reason for the misery in Africa. I Salut the Africans that want to change the destiny of the continent.
I am sure the French soldiers were happy to leave! They have a low opinion of Africans!
Leaders. not dictators !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dictators in every European country.
European have fancy words 😂 the people who stand against their agenda
They are not dictators they are brave afraid leader who stand for freedom and independence. The dictators in the western country UK France USA and it satellite never like leader who stand against the hegemony shame on the news media in this country.
Dictators loved by their people . Ma sha Allaah
Dont call our leader dictactor
Africa unite and free Congo
They are not dictators
Dirty reporting and just nonsense…………………..??????
Black men trading one ruler for another because what?
Rwanda, whats happening https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahSs_8UaQ2A
Excuse me! Pliz they're leaders. Although u'd have wished they were dictators! But na.. unfortunate for u
That’s what an true African do!