Question

UPSC Prelims 2023 Question:

In the recent years Chad, Guinea, Mali and Sudan caught the international attention for which one of the following reason common to all the them?

1. Discovery of rich deposits of rare earth elements
2. Establishment of Chinese military bases
3. Southward expansion of Sahara Desert
4. Successful coups

Answer (Detailed Solution Below)

Option 4: Successful coups

Detailed Solution

Learn more about military Coups from the given explanation below.

Explanation:

In past few years, military leaders have toppled the governments of Mali, Chad, Guinea, Sudan and Burkina Faso. These five nations that have recently experienced military coups form a broken line that stretches across the wide bulge of Africa, from Guinea on the west coast to Sudan in the east. The resurgence of coups has alarmed the region’s remaining civilian leaders.

Therefore, option (4) is the correct answer.

Subject: Polity | International Relations

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