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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
Aaron Ross

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Factbox recent coups in west and central africa - Caught on Camera

FILE PHOTO: People hold a Burkina Faso flag as hundreds gather in downtown Ouagadougou to show support for the military, in Burkina Faso, in this still image taken from video on January 23, 2022. REUTERS TV via REUTERS

Burkina Faso's military appeared to seize power on Monday by arresting President Roch Kabore after mutinying in demand for greater resources in the fight against Islamist militants.

This would mark the fourth military coup in the past year in West and Central Africa, a region once known as the continent's "coup belt".

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