Climate Change Is an Ally of Jihadists in Africa

Aug 21, 2023 | Abdoulie Ceesay
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The coup in Niger is just the latest, and probably not the last. Across the Sahel, African nations are falling to military dictatorships. Are these incidents separate crises, or part of something larger? The fact that few are acknowledging is that Niger's coup, like those in neighbouring countries, is a "climate coup"—a crisis born of climate impacts largely ignored by the international community.