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Mauritania and the G5, with Alex Thurston: PODCAST 1-20-2020
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Mauritania and the G5, with Alex Thurston: PODCAST 1-20-2020

Derek Davison
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Alex Thurston
Jan 21, 2020
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Returning guest Alex Thurston discusses the recent dust up between the leaders of the G5 Sahel nations and French President Emmanuel Macron, then guides us through an introduction to Mauritania and its current political crisis.

You can find Alex on Twitter at @sahelblog. His recent World Politics Review piece on the squabbling at the top of Mauritanian politics can be found here.

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