Challenges to African Democracy: How external support could be fueling coups, authoritarianism

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• Kweku Tsin 1 month ago

  Politics is who gets what and why? In Africa, authoritarianism, corruption, greed, and tribalism, give rise to confrontation between the government and the governed which result in conflicts.. These fractured relationships op ...
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  Politics is who gets what and why? In Africa, authoritarianism, corruption, greed, and tribalism, give rise to confrontation between the government and the governed which result in conflicts.. These fractured relationships open the doors for western infiltration. J.J. Rawlings famously said 'A coup will not succeed if the people are not ready for it"

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• Nsia 1 month ago

  What the average Nigerian wants to know is this: Over 400 billion dollars worth of oil money has disappearred through the hands of overtly corrupt Nigerian politicians for their self enrichment. There is not tangible infrast ...
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  What the average Nigerian wants to know is this: Over 400 billion dollars worth of oil money has disappearred through the hands of overtly corrupt Nigerian politicians for their self enrichment. There is not tangible infrastructure done for the benefit of the ordinary Nigerian, be it electricity, motorable roads, good schools, potable water, hospitals or housing. Yet, that is not part of your concern.
  In Ghana, we had a venal and two-faced liar called Akufo Addo, poncing about in his fake democratic colours who led us to nothing but absolute disaster. Frankly, we do not give a fig about democracy that allow hyenas and plain thieves such as Akufo Addo and his bucnch of thieves to rob us blind. What good was Omar Bongo to the people of Gabon or the utterly hopeless wanker such as Paul Biya to the people of Cameroon? Pls get off your high horse and stop giving us a lecture about democracy. Lastly, we are not bothered about 15,000 asylum seekers from Burkina. We are more worried about the millions of lawless and reckless Nigerians who have trooped into our country and committing the most heinous crimes on our soil that the ordinary Ghanaian never, ever dreamt of on a daily basis. If it takes a coup leader to stop this menace from Nigerians on our land, we, Ghanaians will overwhelmingly stop him.Cheers!

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