You need to watch this.
Mike unwinds the CIA's game to conspire with their own cutouts (e.g., NED and USAID, b/c of course) to both foment and underwrite astroturfed riots in a violent color revolution riot scheme in Senegal (2012).
Interestingly, this operation featured a totally organic rap music scene that served as the accelerant to stoke the fire they themselves lit.
And, yes. It's as ridiculous as you might imagine. Probably more so.