Are coups good for Africa?

With guests
Francis Kpatinde, Issoufou Yahaya, Seth Karamage

Episode notes

There have been nine military coups d'états in Africa since 2020. If we continue at this rate, there will be more coups in this decade than in any since the 1960s. Is this a good thing for Africa?

Transcript

Claude: There have been nine military coups d’etats in Africa since 2020.

If we continue at this rate, there will be more coups in this decade than in any since the 1960s.

The pollster Afrobarometer found that more Africans approved of military rule than ten years ago.

Many ordinary Africans suffer terribly from the effects of terrorism, corruption, economic stagnation and insecurity.

And some don’t see democracy as a solution.

In July 2023, there was a military coup in Niger. General Tchiani deposed ...

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