Peaceful Transfer of Power in Africa Not in the Headlines

Recent hap­pen­ings on the African con­ti­nent, specif­i­cal­ly in coun­tries like Zim­bab­we and Liberia prove that pow­er can change hands peace­ful­ly, even demo­c­ra­t­i­cal­ly, in Africa. Robert Mugabe of Zim­bab­we, one of Africa’s longest-serv­ing pres­i­dents came under the spot­light in Decem­ber 2017 when army chief of staff at the time, Con­stan­ti­no Chi­wen­ga, flexed his mus­cle, rude­ly indicating…