Paper short abstract:

My focus is the perception and perspectives from young people but also members of the older generation from the urban population - Malians, Burkinabe, Nigeriens, Ivorians- in Bouaké and Abidjan regarding the actions carried out by the putschists and the international repression of these actions.

Paper long abstract:

Coup in Côte d'Ivoire in 1999. Coups in Mali in 2020 and 2021. Coup in Guinea in 2021. Coups in Burkina Faso in 2022. Coup in Niger and Gabon in 2023. These coups are part of the “collapsed security” according to Tim Glawion (2020).

The reason given by the putschists is mainly to safeguard the security and integrity of these different countries. In this Fight, these putschists believe that former allies like France no longer suit them. This is why they are turning to new allies like Russia, which is not the taste of Western countries. It must be mentioned that these repeated putsches are not to the taste of the regional organizations to which the coup countries belong. Which leads to a standoff between the putschists and ECOWAS for example.

In this presentation, I am therefore interested in the perception and perspectives from young people but also members of the older generation from the urban population - Malians, Burkinabe, Nigeriens, Ivorians- in Bouaké and Abidjan regarding the actions carried out by the putschists and the international repression of these actions by the ECOWAS and Western countries. How do these populations perceive the breakdown of certain partnerships with France in Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso? How do these populations perceive the new partnerships with Russia? What role do Ivorian journalists play in evaluating these events?

I will use my planned stay in Côte d´Ivoire in March to collect answers to all these questions that concern this presentation through interviews.