{"id":19010,"date":"2023-08-04T09:46:56","date_gmt":"2023-08-04T13:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/?p=19010"},"modified":"2026-09-08T16:53:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T20:53:13","slug":"the-coup-in-niger-ctv-news-interview-with-samuel-ojo-oloruntoba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/2023\/the-coup-in-niger-ctv-news-interview-with-samuel-ojo-oloruntoba\/","title":{"rendered":"The coup in Niger &#8211; CTV News interview with Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        The coup in Niger &#8211; CTV News interview with Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this interview, Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba, Assistant Professor at the Institute of African Studies talks about the coup in Niger and the implication for democracy in the West African region of the Continent. He also talks about the recent ECOWAS ultimatum and threat to intervene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/video?clipId=2738259\">The coup in Niger: CTV News interviews Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/video?clipId=2738259\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"316\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/Resized-1-400x316.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19018\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/Resized-1-400x316.png 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/Resized-1-160x127.png 160w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/Resized-1-240x190.png 240w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/Resized-1-768x607.png 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/Resized-1-1536x1215.png 1536w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/Resized-1-360x285.png 360w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/Resized-1-200x158.png 200w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/africanstudies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/287\/Resized-1.png 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this interview, Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba, Assistant Professor at the Institute of African Studies talks about the coup in Niger and the implication for democracy in the West African region of the Continent. He also talks about the recent ECOWAS ultimatum and threat to intervene. 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