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West African democracies must resist the coup contagion

Claim

Ghana, Senegal, and Cote d’Ivoire have built functioning democracies with peaceful power transfers. The Sahel coup wave (Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Guinea) must not spread -- ECOWAS must defend constitutional order.

Normative Conclusion

Democratic governance is the path to stability

Keywords

democracyECOWASGhanaSenegalelectionscoupconstitutionalgovernancetransitionstability

Action Classes

LEGISLATIVE_DECISIONCOLLECTIVE_PROTESTINSTITUTIONAL_RESISTANCE

Domains

GOVERNANCE

Activity Timeline

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