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 highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...