Folahanmi Aina

Across the Sa­hel, pub­lic anger against France has helped putschists gain le­git­i­ma­cy and Rus­sia ex­pand its in­flu­ence.

West Africans are pun­ish­ing cor­rupt po­lit­i­cal elites by as­crib­ing le­git­i­ma­cy to mil­i­tary jun­tas.