After many military coups: has democracy failed in Africa? – Burkina Faso

After the fall of the Iron Curtain, a wind blew across Africa: the fresh breeze of democracy. At that time, elections were held in numerous countries on the continent for the first time in decades. The time of despots and military rulers seemed to have come to an end. But today, more than 30 years later, the trend is going in the opposite direction. In the past year and a half, no fewer than six military coups have taken place in Africa: the most recent on Monday in the West African Sahel country of Burkina Faso. Has the democratization of the continent failed?