The BBC Rushes to Remind Us about Coups in Africa

Africa Agenda Analysis, African Dictators, Elections and Democracy, North Africa, ObjectivityLeave a comment

Coups in Africa: I always thought the char­ac­ter­i­za­tion of the African con­ti­nent, some­times by many smart, well-mean­ing jour­nal­ists, and oth­ers, biased in their analy­sis, makes the con­ti­nent appear like hell, the worst place to live in the eyes of the world. Nar­ra­tives fol­low­ing the recent coup and ouster of long-time Sudanese leader Omar al Bashir help…