Military the face of resistance to repressive ruling elite
By Opinion | Published Sep 3, 2023
OPINION: Wednesday’s coup d'état in Gabon is the ninth military takeover to have happened in the past three years in West and Central Africa, after Mali twice, in August 2020 and May 20021; Chad in April 20021; Guinea in September 2021; Sudan in October 2021; Burkina Faso twice, in January and September 2022; and Niger in July 2023, writes Dr Sizo Nkala.