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Burkina Faso, its dire security challenges

The inauguration of a new President in Ghana some few days ago brought to the fore the debate on the role of military junta in Africa’s political landscape.

The debate was sparked by some pictures, which went viral on social media of the President of Botswana, Duma Boko, seated next to his counterpart from Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traore.

President Traore who spotted military regalia as well as armed with a pistol during the inauguration, raised many questions on security protocol during the event as well as the debate on whether military rule is better than democratically elected civilian governments.

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Commitment by DPP to fight corruption welcome

Whilst many citizens put trust in their leaders that they are tackling one of the worst curses that can befall a country, the public has lost trust after all the cases seemed not to go anywhere.As the saying goes, ‘corruption is a cancer that eats away at the fabric of society’; corruption affects effective governance.Corruption affects delivery of services to the public and also crumbles most systems meant to assist citizens who are very...

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