NYTimes.com: The Bureaucrat From Buffalo Who Pushed Somalia to the Brink

[Dr BioDun J Ogundayo]

From The New York Times:

The Bureaucrat From Buffalo Who Pushed Somalia to the Brink

His bid to stay in office an extra two years, without elections, has led to gunfights in the capital and fears that Somalia is backsliding into a disastrous conflict.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/30/world/africa/somalia-president.html?smid=em-share 

[Emmanuel Udogu]

I addressed this concern in "Leadership and the problem of electoral democracy in Africa..." Power, indeed, corrupts.

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