‘Loose coalition– a march from disaster to tragedy’

Africa’s politics is changing very fast, and the tide is turning against the incumbent revolutionary leaders, who have been using their liberation war credentials as a carte blanche for their continued hold on power using despotic means.

For decades, the task of removing authoritarian leaders had proved a colossal task, with the incumbent leaders using murky tactics including dividing the opposition so that they are easy to defeat.

But the recent development in the Gambia, where a seven-party coalition led by Adama Barrow has managed to end Yahya Jammeh’s 22-year-old tyrannical rule, has given a fresh impetus to the various opposition parties spread across Africa, who had been trudging towards coalitions to battle long-time despots.

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