The recently ousted dictator of Central African Republic (CAR), Francois Bozize, has fled to his friend, Cameroon's dictator, Paul Biya. Like Paul Biya, Bozize is part of the old guard of African strongmen who have been roaming the halls of power in their respective countries for the last forty years. While Paul Biya became president of Cameroon through trickery and engineered his stay in power through corruption, Bozize became president through violence and engineered his stay in power through corruption. Both men have no regard for the well being of their people and have been running their countries aground for decades.
It is a shame that coups are still happening in Africa in the 21st century. However, it would seem that continues dictatorship in some African countries make coups almost inevitable. The fact that the African Union is now suspending the rebels who ousted Bozize makes no sense because Bozize came to power in the same way and made peace with the African Union through corruption. Soon, the current rebels would become a legitimate government in Cenrtal African Republic and in due course they, too, will be overthrown, and the cylcle will continue all over again under the watchful eyes of the African Union and the so-called international community. In all this, the people of Africa are continuously being treated as non-beings for the enjoyment of thieving political gangsters and their international friends.
It is a shame that coups are still happening in Africa in the 21st century. However, it would seem that continues dictatorship in some African countries make coups almost inevitable. The fact that the African Union is now suspending the rebels who ousted Bozize makes no sense because Bozize came to power in the same way and made peace with the African Union through corruption. Soon, the current rebels would become a legitimate government in Cenrtal African Republic and in due course they, too, will be overthrown, and the cylcle will continue all over again under the watchful eyes of the African Union and the so-called international community. In all this, the people of Africa are continuously being treated as non-beings for the enjoyment of thieving political gangsters and their international friends.
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An analysis which does not make sense. Bozize could flee to any other central African country. President Paul Biya came to power through an application of the constitution and nothing else, the rest of the details behind his accession to power are just gossips and speculations. It seems you just like the word corruption. Bozize’s government was accepted by the African Union after his coup because he organized democratic elections that made his government legitimate.
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