OPINION

Coups are all the rage again in beleaguered Africa

Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 09/02/2022

» Military coups are back in fashion in Africa. There have been over 200 attempted coups in the continent since 1960, about half of them successful, but in the past two decades they had dropped to only two a year. Last year saw six, however, and there have been two already this year. The latest in Guinea-Bissau.