The mid-20th century brought with it the height of independence-related agitations and clamouring in many African countries. Rising nationalists who had gotten their education and the attendant exposure that came with it ultimately believed that African states were ready to govern themselves in the newly introduced democratic system. From that period to now, several African […]
The mid-20th century brought with it the height of independence-related agitations and clamouring in many African countries. Rising nationalists who had gotten their education and the attendant exposure that came with it ultimately believed that African states were ready to govern themselves in the newly introduced democratic system.
The hasty reaction from ECOWAS, including stiff sanctions in the first few days of the military takeover of Niger and the threatened mobilization of the ECOWAS army, while it might have been in good taste for the overall beneficiaries of a war-torn West Africa, was largely in bad taste, if considered holistically.
Yet, the governments of these non-democratic, democracy-portraying countries are at the forefront of the agitations and planned military invasion of Niger on the promise of “restoring democratic stability” to the country.
A good confirmation of this is how the ECOWAS leadership has feigned ignorance about the goings-on in one of the ECOWAS member-states, the Republic of Chad. The ECOWAS has not as much as reacted to the gross abuse of power, citizen suppression, killing of protesters, and political instability that has rocked the West African nation, climaxing in an unconstitutional and promise-breaking extension of Mahamat Idriss Déby’s transitional government.
Yet, the citizens’ experiences are a starkly different reality from what is obtainable with their leaders. As inflation keeps rising in many West African countries and economies keep crumbling, leaving the citizenry poorer, with a reduced level of purchasing power, a steadily weakening currency, and a stagnant earning potential, their leading few keep enriching themselves at the expense of the poor masses.
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