The Niger Coup’s Outsized Global Impact, Carnegie Endowment

L’Afrique : d’un putsch à l’autre, Radio France

Le dialogue de sourds entre la CEDEAO et le Niger, WATHI

Les sanctions, une arme à double tranchant au Sahel, Afrique XXI

Niger: des milliers de manifestants demandent le départ des soldats français, TV5 Monde

Gabon : vrai coup d’État, fausse démocratie, IRIS

Keeping Jihadists Out of Northern Côte d’Ivoire, Crisis Group

France’s waning influence in coup-hit Africa appears clear while few remember their former colonizer, Associated Press

This is the final Update before the summer. The Francophone Africa blog will return on 4 September

Niger coup: Military takeover is a setback for democracy and US interests in West Africa, The Conversation

African Union, ECOWAS condemn ‘attempted coup d’état’ in Niger, France24

Niger: Statement by High Representative Josep Borrell on the latest developments, EEAS

How Prighozin tried to steal Putin’s Africa summit, EUObserver