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Hotspots: Armoured vehicles from Operation Barkhane, led by the French military against Islamist groups in the Sahel region, are handed over to the Malian army in Timbuktu. (Photo: Florent Vergnes/AFP)
ARAB SPRING

Geopolitical epoch: Not an Arab Spring but a French Winter?

At the core of the Sahel coups is the removal of governments and leaders either historically not in support of the US/France or moving away from external domination

  • Donovan E Williams
8 min read