Coups in Africa

Coups have not been the ultimate solutions to the issues raised by the perpetrators though. None of these coups could have been led by civilians except Micheal Djotodia of Malia in 2013. He was the leader of the entire Muslim community and he was 1st deputy prime minister in charge of National defense so he …

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Coups, like other concepts in political science, does not have a universally accepted definition though there is a general agreement on it. The generally agreed definition is that a coup is an illegal and overt attempts by the military or other elites within the state apparatus to unseat the sitting head of executive (head of …

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