Photo source: BBC By Naveed Qazi | Editor, Globe Upfront The situation in Niger is a terrible blow to western efforts to stabilise this part of Africa. Its new coup had received support from two neighbouring nations, Burkina Faso and Somalia. It is also a wake-up call regarding the developing political reality of a continent that has now attracted a multiplicity of players. Many sections of Africans view western nations as colonial powers trying to further manipulate the geographical volatility in the continent. It has only led to an increase of the activity of jihadist groups. Niger is now the fourth West African country, after Guinea, Mali, and Burkina Faso, whose leader has been overthrown by a military coup in the past three years. Paradoxically, Niger was one of the few states where the jihadist offensive was actually losing strength since 2022 or so. Not even this success story has prevented the political instability from spreading. Who lost Niger? The coup is probably the last...