First there was Mali.
Twice.
Then it was Guinea.
On Monday, Burkina Faso, in turn, sank into a coup.
In less than eighteen months, three West African countries that we imagined to be more or less rooted in democracy have experienced putschs and returned to military regimes.
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The question now haunting neighboring capitals is simple: will the epidemic spread?
“It scares everyone,
recognizes a West African official.
We look at each other.
Niger appears to be a weakened state and Guinea-Bissau has never been very solid”.
"Sensitivity to the Order and Discipline Model"
The disease frightens all the more because it seems popular.
In Bamako, Conakry and Ouagadougou, crowds descended on the squares to celebrate the new era which, they believe, these men in uniform are opening.
A decade ago, sometimes less, these same demonstrators shouted down the officers, demanding democracy and civilians in the presidency.
In 2014, in Burkina, they braved armed soldiers...
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