There have been series of Coups sweeping through Africa recently.
Gabon, Niger Republic, Burkina Faso, Sudan, Guinea, Mali have all witnessed military takeover within the last three years. The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and the African Union (AU) have frowned at, and are meting sanctions on the military juntas in these countries. The words of president Tinubu this week were “My fear has been confirmed in Gabon that copycats will start doing the same thing until it is stopped.
In this interesting episode of the Mic On Podcast, Seun Okinbaloye hosted Col. Hassan Stan-Labo where these issues were discussed. Col. Hassan stated that
“Poor Governance delivery”
is a reason for these junta takeovers.
Click for full episode.