Antony Blinken: “we also see this democratic backsliding particularly in the Sahel, and that is where we have had these recent coups”

We are working to do that. Obviously, in the countries that have been on the receiving end of coups, there are some limits that we have to abide by.

It is vital that we provide a better choice, and we do that by doing a few things.

In the Middle East, we are standing with Israel and its efforts to ensure that what happened on October 7 never happens again as we do everything we can to bring an end to the terrible human suffering in Gaza and prevent the conflict from…

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