New Targets Needed to Manage West Africa's Military Transitions: WestAfrica
The focus should be on the substance of political transitions rather than their endpoint
It is no longer realistic to wish for short transitions. The options available to regional actors are limited, but include optimising the outcomes of the process by focusing on the substance of transitions rather than their endpoint. In Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré's ascension to power came through polls that followed the 2014 popularthat ousted long-term president Blaise Compaoré, and a failed September 2015 coup attempt. In Guinea, Alpha Condé won power through elections organised after Moussa Dadis Camara forcibly took control in 2008, following the passing of long-time leader Lansana Conté.
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