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The @_AfricanUnion has made a fetish of discouraging "unconstitutional changes in government" in #Africa. This past week, the soldiers in Mali have set up an artifice of compliance. Around the continent, though, at least 20 presidents are ex-soldiers. It's #RegimentedDemocracy
Take a look at #African countries in #RegimentedDemocracy ruled by #SoldiersInCivvies:
Angola
Burundi
Chad
Comoros
Congo-Brazzaville
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Guinea Bissau
Mali
Mauritania
Mozambique
Nigeria
Rwanda
Sierra Leone
South Sudan
Sudan
Uganda
Zimbabwe
Angola
Burundi
Chad
Comoros
Congo-Brazzaville
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Guinea Bissau
Mali
Mauritania
Mozambique
Nigeria
Rwanda
Sierra Leone
South Sudan
Sudan
Uganda
Zimbabwe
These are soldiers from liberation movements, insurgencies or regular armies. But this doesn't quite tell the full story. In Madagascar, for instance, @SE_Rajoelina is the son of a soldier. Algeria's transition to Abdelmadjid Tebboune was in the gift #RegimentedDemocracy.
