Africa’s spate of military coups is a direct challenge to civilian led democratic governance. Building on long legacies of military government, the coups reflect African militaries’ attempt to reassert their perceived entitlement to rule.
Africa’s spate of military coups is a direct challenge to civilian led democratic governance. Building on long legacies of military government, the coups reflect African militaries’ attempt to reassert their perceived entitlement to rule.
Term limit evasions are at the root of a host of governance dysfunctions in Africa and are linked to higher levels of autocracy, corruption, conflict, and propensity for coups. Highlights Coup Leaders and Military Governments
Plus de 5800 militaires et civils de la Mission multidimensionnelle intégrée des Nations unies pour la stabilisation au Mali (MINUSMA), sur quelque 15 000 hommes, ont définitivement quitté le pays à la date du 24
L’option d’une intervention militaire au Niger n’est plus à l’agenda de la CEDEAO, selon une source diplomatique de RFI interrogée après le sommet avorté du groupe, prévu cette semaine. Les troupes mobilisées auraient déjà été
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Le procureur a requis 20 ans de prison ferme avec confiscation de ses biens contre l’ancien président. Poursuivi pour enrichissement illicite, abus de pouvoir et blanchiment d’argent, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz se serait constitué un
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