" Democracy kills", But what Is killing Burkina Faso?
On April 3, Ibrahim Traoré stood before state television cameras and told the people of Burkina Faso and by extension, a watching continent, that democracy " kills," that it is " not for us," and that it must simply be forgotten. The statement reverberated across African media, split opinion cleanly down ideological lines, and was absorbed into the ongoing, unresolved debate about what governance in post-colonial Africa should actually look like.
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On April 3, Ibrahim Traoré stood before state television cameras and told the people of Burkina Faso and by extension, a watching continent, that democracy " kills," that it is " not for us," and that it must simply be forgotten. The statement reverberated across African media, split opinion cleanly down ideological lines, and was absorbed into the ongoing, unresolved debate about what governance in post-colonial Africa should actually look like.
