Thursday 23 November 2017

Letter to the I: African Military Coups

Sam Masters was right in his commentary piece to question the motives of the Zimbabwean Military.  In addition to their involvement in the Gukurahundi massacres, much of the higher ranks have enriched themselves from the Congo wars.  However African coups do not always end the same way.  Nigeria has endured vicious and corrupt dictators.  However Ghana was for a time more unstable under civilian rule than military rule.  After a period of "house cleaning" Flight Commander Jerry Rawlings left power, leaving the country with a stable democracy.

Regards


Zachary Barker

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