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Idriss Déby’s death is an outcome of the instability perpetuated by his regime. The subsequent coup led by his son risks deepening violence.
There have been four coups across West Africa in 18 months amid public collapse of trust in state institutions.
Daniel Eizenga, Research Fellow. Civil-Military Relations, Countering Violent Extremism, Democratization, Sahel
President Kabore was deposed amid anger over violence, but analysts say the military coup could unleash more insecurity.
Instability in the Sahel: how a jihadi gold rush is fuelling violence in Africa On the side of a rural highway leading south from the city of Kaya in central Burkina Faso, Boureima Ouedraogo mixes gold ore slurry with soapy water in a rusted oil drum, then pours it down a crude metal sluice into a shallow pit. He plies a small mine just over a stubby plateau nearby with a dozen other men, some of whom are mixing clean ore with toxic mercury in blue plastic tubs. Two months ago, Ouedraogo was forced to flee a mining site near Solhan, a village 100 miles to the east. “They wore turbans and th...