The Sahel’s coup contagion - The Global Jigsaw podcast, BBC World Service

A year after the coup in Niger, which was seen as a key ally of the West, Africa’s "coup belt" faces growing uncertainty about its future security. Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 https://bbc.in/3VyyriM As US and international forces withdraw, legacy Wagner groups seek to conquer new zones of influence for Russia in the face of a growing jihadist threat. What hope is there for the region? 00:00 Introduction 02:17 Africa’ s “coup belt” 04:08 Jihadist threat 07:12 Press Freedom 11:21 Wagner in Africa 17:42 Security vacuum 22:52 Russia’s growing footprint in the Sahel 26:41 Iran in Africa 34:14 What hope is there for the future? Watch more episodes of The Global Jigsaw podcast here 👉🏽    • The Global Jigsaw   To find out more about BBC Monitoring click 👉🏽 https://tinyurl.com/2s3ct73w Producers: Kriszta Satori, Linnete Bahati & Elchin Suleymanov Presenter: Krassi Twigg Editor: Judy King Sound engineer: John Hemingway Video producer: Suniti Singh ---------------- This is the official BBC World Service YouTube channel. If you like what we do, you can also find us here: Instagram 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice   Twitter 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice   Facebook 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice   BBC World Service website 👉🏽 https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio Thanks for watching and subscribing! #BBCWorldService #WorldService #Sahel #Niger