Chad, Guinea, Mali and Sudan — common reason for recent international attention
Question
In the recent years Chad, Guinea, Mali and Sudan caught the international attention for which one of the following reasons common to all of them?
Options
Discovery of rich deposits of rare earth elements
Establishment of Chinese military bases
Southward expansion of Sahara Desert
Successful coups
Explanation
All four African nations—Chad, Guinea, Mali, and Sudan (along with Burkina Faso and Niger)—gained massive international attention recently for experiencing successful military coups d'état. This contiguous string of military takeovers has earned the Sahel and its surrounding regions the moniker of the "Coup Belt."
Answer: (d).
Question details
Year
2023
Paper
GS Paper 1
Question
Q98
Subject
International Relations
Sub-topic
Global Conflicts & Crises
Type
Factual single
Difficulty
Medium
Nature
Current-affairs-linked
Source hint
Sahel Coup Belt / African Military Coups d'etat 2021-22
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