Bouteflika, Bashir, Mugabe are gone...who is next?

By Amon Katungulu | Thursday, April 11, 2019
Bouteflika, Bashir, Mugabe are gone...who is next?

In a space of one week, two African presidents have been forced to step down after protests from the people.

Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, 82, resigned on April 3 after weeks of massive street protests.

Bouteflika had been in power for 20 years and had dropped plans to seek a fifth term as opposition to his rule grew. In Algeria, protesters had vowed to continue piling on pressure until the entire government is ousted.

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Bouteflika, who has been ill since he suffered a stroke six years ago, had avoided public events ever since.

The current political wave sweeping through the continent mirrors the Arab Spring that swept through parts of Arab Africa in 2010.

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The Arab spring led to the ouster of Hosni Mubarak in Egypt and Ben Ali in Tunisia.

Today, Sudan's long serving president Omar-Al Bashir agreed to step down after weeks of massive protests from the people.

Once regarded as a strongman of Africa, Bashir had been in power since 1989 and had been indicted by the International Criminal Court in 2009 over war crimes.

Without power now, it remains to be seen whether the ICC will intensify their pursuit of Bashir.

Bouteflika and Bashir join the growing club of Africa's strongmen who have been ousted from power either by the people or the military.

In November 2017, Robert Mugabe was forced to step down by the military after 37 years in power. People jubilated on the streets of Harare.

Questions is: Who is next?

 

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