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BBC OS: 2023/07/28 16:06 GMT: Living through a coup

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Living through a coup

2023/07/28 16:06 GMT

2023/07/28 16:06 GMT: Living through a coup

BBC World Service - BBC OS, Living through a coup

We talk about what it is like to experience a military coup in your country

We talk about what it is like to experience a military coup in your country.

Following the military coup in the West African state of Niger this week, we bring together two journalists from Burkina Faso and the Gambia to share what it was like to cover and experience a coup in their countries. We also get an update on the situation in Niger where the head of Niger’s Presidential Guard, General Abdourahmane Tchiani has declared himself as the country's new ruler after a coup on Wednesday.

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We talk about what it is like to have a long name after a viral video showed a university student with a very long name - Boluwatife Oluwasemilore Oluwadamiloa Oyekunle Ayanfeoluwa Emmanuel Michael Oladele - receiving his degree at a graduation ceremony.

(Photo: Gen Abdourahmane Tchiani (Omar Tchiani) makes a televised address to the nation of Niger explaining the reasons for the coup, 28 July 2023. Credit/sourc:  https://fb.watch/m3pPYYtwhi/)

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