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List of African coups since 2020

A protester waves a flag during a military coup in Khartoum, Sudan, in October 2021. [Via Reuters]

A military coup in Gabon on Wednesday, August 30 adds to the list of several others within the African continent in the last four years.

Since 2020, African countries have been experiencing military coups in what is turning out to be liberation from discreditable governance by those in power.

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