{"id":165150,"date":"2025-07-28T12:46:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T12:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=165150"},"modified":"2025-07-28T12:46:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T12:46:19","slug":"coups-in-west-africa-have-five-things-in-common-knowing-what-they-are-is-key-to-defending-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailytalks.org\/?p=165150","title":{"rendered":"Coups in west Africa have five things in common: knowing what they are is key to defending democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Five years since the Mali coup of 2020, the key lesson is that the international community must move beyond the view of coups as isolated events&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/coups-in-west-africa-have-five-things-in-common-knowing-what-they-are-is-key-to-defending-democracy-258890\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five years 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