A Leader Off The Beaten Track

Pain translates into drastic deals over pent up feelings and rampant public frustrations. Absence of rule of law aggravated the situation. Seven military coups have occurred in as many African states since 2020, highlighting the intensity of public anger against corrupt and incompetent leaders. And people in the coup-affected countries seem to have greeted the military rulers with enthusiasm, apparently in the belief that the strongmen would restore a modicum of rule of law and check corruption. They seem to signal that anything will do as long as corruption control becomes a serious priority and checked in all seriousness.