Military rule on the rise in Africa

Nothing good came from it in the past
West Africa's recent string of coups can only be understood in the long view of ­postcolonial history, says Samuel Fury Childs Daly, associate ­professor of history at the University of Chicago in the US.
  • 6 Day Ago - 2024-11-28 00:00:00
In the last few years, there has been a spate of military coups in Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Sudan and Guinea. ­Military rule, long dormant in African politics, is back.Coup lead ...

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