2023-08-07 08:42:00
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CHRONIC. Everything must be done to discourage coups in Africa and prevent future generations from condemning us for failing to assist democracy in danger.
By Tierno Monénembo* The putschist soldiers in Niamey did not hesitate to stage the support of part of the population. Here, at the big stadium in the Nigerien capital with Mohamed Toumba, one of the members of the National Council for the Protection of the Homeland, on August 6, 2023. © BALIMA BOUREIMA / ANADOLU AGENCY / Anadolu Agency via AFP Published on 07/08/2023 at 08:42
If these bad jokers from Niamey succeed, if they dismiss President Bazoum, if they kill him, if they throw him into exile or prison, democracy in Africa would be over. It would be the death of the instituted thing, the re-enactment of coups de force, the door open to mediocrats: crooked politicians, corporals greedy for diamonds and glory, etc. This evidence must be obvious to our best-informed elites as well as to those of the international community.
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