Addios Herald/Wall Street Journal: Military Coups in Africa at Highest Level Since End of Colonialism
* Military strongmen in Sudan, Guinea, Chad and Mali have in recent months taken power from weakened governments that were vulnerable to foreign interference.
* Attempted or successful coups in Africa are occurring more frequently as democratic states buckle under pressure from Covid-19.
* The return of military strongmen in sub-Saharan Africa comes a decade after the Middle East’s Arab Spring protests
* The Egyptians were unhappy with the prime minister’s leadership, particularly his public openness to the Ethiopian dam, as well as his reluctance to deepen ties with Israel.
On the day before launching the coup that halted Sudan’s democratic transition last month, Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan made a string of daring geopolitical moves. He reassured Jeffrey Feltman, the U.S. envoy to Sudan, that he didn’t intend to seize power. Then he boarded a jet to Egypt for secret talks to ensure his plot would have regional support.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi, who seized power in a 2013 coup backed by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, reassured his fellow general, according to three people familiar with the meeting.
Upon his return to Khartoum, Gen. Burhan arrested dozens of government officials, including the prime minister, dissolving the civilian-military power-sharing deal that had brought Sudan out of three decades of international isolation. Spokesmen for Gen. Burhan and Mr. Sisi didn’t return requests for comment.
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Update: Sudan coup: Are military takeovers on the rise in Africa? (BBC)
WNU Editor: There are no signs that this trend of African coups is going to decrease.
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It's a competition between South America and Africa.
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