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Since 2020, after a series of accusations of civilian casualties, the U.S. implemented strict transparency and accountability policy for its military operations, including in Africa.

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This important insight, which applies to coups past and present, goes against the standard view of coups as simply extraconstitutional and undemocratic events. Daly makes an important contribution, ...