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Attempted coup in Burkina Faso. Details, causes, consequences (afrinz.ru)

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[–] roguetrick@kbin.social 9 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

This would've been the third consecutive coup, btw. The current leader was a captain who couped the last leader who couped the civilian government. Ecowas suspended them due to this.

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 5 points 9 months ago

In Canada we call that a hat trick