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Conservation community must have conversations around power

Soldiers, loyal to Burkina Faso's latest coup leader Capt. Ibrahim Traore, are pictured in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, October 14, 2022. [AP photo]

The recent coups in the West African countries of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have brought a sharp focus on the power relationship between France and her former colonies.

The military juntas leading these countries have been vocal about the power imbalance between themselves and France and the control of critical natural resources that the European nation seems to have over their resources.

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