Africa and the need for military professionalism
Friday, January 13, 2023 | 30 Views |
One example is the ECOWAS, which is an unstable region with fragile states that are vulnerable to military coups.
In fact, of all the seven military coups as well as attempted ones since 2020, five of these successful as well as three failed, were in the ECOWAS region making it a coup laboratory of Africa.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...