Military coups in Africa: Niger as a model

Abstract

Most African countries have witnessed several military coups, after they had stopped for a certain period of time, and it seems that what prompted their return again is that most political systems remain in relationship with the colonial powers that use these systems as a tool to achieve their goals in the region, by seizing the capabilities of these countries, and their mineral and oil wealth. The weakness of political systems, their inability to achieve development and the increase in poverty and unemployment rates, as well as the weakness of political governments in achieving the security equation, whether at the level of achieving public security or at the level of confronting extremist groups, led to a decline in the performance level of most African political systems, which increased the chances of bringing about change through military force, and the success of coup plotters in controlling the capabilities of these countries, and this is what happened in the state of Niger, the subject of the study