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Is Africa Back to Another Round of the Coup Syndrome of the Mid 1960s Or What?

Posted By: adminon: January 26, 2022In: World From AfricaTags: AU, Cold War, ECOWAS, Global war on terror, Military dictatorship, UNNo CommentsViews:
Is Africa Back to Another Round of the Coup Syndrome of the Mid 1960s Or What?

Soldiers toppling civilian leaders across Africa was a very regular thing in the mid-1960s and thereafter. In the post Cold War, there was a thaw as popular interests took on military dictat... Read more

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