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Which way for West Africa? - part 2

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One month ago, it was Senegal’s democracy seemed in trouble. But instead, it’s the coup in neighbouring Mali that caught everyone off guard. François Picard’s panel looks at what went wrong in Bamako… and right in Dakar.

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  • Mamadou DIOUF, Director of the Institute of African Studies at Columbia University
  • MICHAEL KIRTLEY, Journalist at Geo Magazine, Newsweek Africa International, National Geographic
  • Dr. Chris Fomunyoh, NDI Senior Associate for Africa

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