On Wednesday, August 30, 2023, Gabon, whose presidential envoy was in Abuja two weeks ago on a solidarity visit to President Bola Tinubu, the ECOWAS Chairman, over the Niger coup debacle, became the latest bride of coupists on the African continent.
During the visit, President Tinubu said the special message of support and solidarity from President Bongo, who doubles as the Chairman of Economic Community of Central African States, for the full support for ECOWAS resolutions on the unconstitutional takeover of government in Niger proved once more that military interference in democratic governance was not acceptable anywhere, including the African continent.
In the last three years, coups d’état have taken place in the West African states of Mali, Guinea, and Burkina Faso. Military governments are still in place in these countries. Not a few experts also agree that a new wave of military coups in West and Central Africa is pushing the continent backward in terms of consolidating democracy.
There was also a military coup in Guinea on September 5, 2021, when the army overthrew President Alpha Conde. In April 2021, the Chadian army installed Gen. Mahamat Itno as interim president after the death of his father, Idriss Deby. The opposition said the move was tantamount to a coup. The roots of this wave, political analysts argue, lie in regional instability, poor governance by elected leaders, and many successful past coups.
He stated that “the year 1989 appeared to have been the turning point in the democratisation wave that swept the entire globe from Tiananmen square in China where the students revolted, to the massive rebellion against military dictatorship on the streets of Lagos, Kano and the length and breadth of Nigeria.”
Quoting David Porter et al in democratisation, Olawepo-Hashim said, “In 1975, 68 per cent of countries throughout the world were authoritarian, and by the end of 1995 only about 26 per cent of countries of the world remained so.”
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