Military Coups and Democratic Reversals in West Africa: an Analysis of ECOWAS Coup Leaders’ Takeover Speeches

• In Event: Coups in Africa

Brief Overview

This paper interogates the takeover speeches of military coup plotters in Niger, Mali, Guinea (2021), and Burkina Faso, to compare and contrast their claims regarding the reasons for their coups d'état.

Authors

• Richard Uzoma Gbemudia, University of Ibadan

• Ifeanyi Onwuzuruigbo, University of Ibadan