“What has happened in Guinea is painful. The continent of Africa within a year has experienced three coups and one attempted government takeover. Mali alone witnessed two with the recent event in Guinea becoming the latest incident of government topple in a year. Several of the comments shared in the aftermath of the coup in Guinea have attributed the seeming emergence of coup d’etats in Africa to a failure on the part of governing bodies on the continent. He warned that Africa may be plunged back into the era of rampant coup d’etats if the right measures are not taken.
