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But to take over, since the government had failed to bring security in the face of extremist attacks. in february, there was a failed coup attempt in guinea—bissau, which president embalo blamed on the drug traffickers and their supporters that have turned the country into a narco state. the government of niger said it had stopped a coup last year, just before the new president was sworn in. west africa has been the coup belt of the continent this past year or so. but further east, there has been one military takeover, and a major conflict that has been likened to a civil war. in october, th...

Of background about army coups and conflict in africa. so let's just watch this short film. what should happen when a coup is welcomed by the people? there was jubilation on the streets of conakry, the capital of guinea, six months ago, when the army ousted president alpha conde. there had been anger when he changed the rules to run for a third term, in what many described as a constitutional coup. the military in mali, and then more recently in burkina faso, both said they had no choice but to take over, since the government had failed to bring security in the face of extremist attacks. in fe...

Question from our audience, i thought it would be a good idea to just give you a brief overview of the topic in hand, just to provide you with a bit of background about army coups and conflict in africa. so let's just watch this short film. what should happen when a coup is welcomed by the people? there was jubilation on the streets of conakry, the capital of guinea, six months ago, when the army ousted president alpha conde. there had been anger when he changed the rules to run for a third term, in what many described as a constitutional coup. the military in mali, and then more recently in b...

Isis-k a small organization in eastern afghanistan. this is an offshoot of the islamic state that started back in 2014 responsible for a lot of attacks in afghanistan especially from 2015 to 2017. some reports indicate upwards of 250 attacks both shooting and explosive attacks against afghan and pakistani civilians during that time period. the afghan security forces when they were in control of the country oftentimes would launch operations against this group. we saw images in recent months in cities like afghanistan where they took out many of the extremist fighters. over the past several day...

In stopping extremist attacks. >> so, let's get to ian, with us live tonight from moscow. and ian, we know russia has seen many terrorist attacks before. what will investigators be looking for in this case? >> reporter: yeah, david, i think there are two possibilities. one, as you suggest, is terrorism, although there hasn't been a terrorist attack here in moscow for at least five years. the second is that somehow this was some kind of disgruntled former fsb officer. friday is national fsb day, that's something investigators will look at, but either way, this was an audacious and unprecedented...