When constitutions are mutilated after death of Africa's strongmen

When constitutions are mutilated after death of Africa’s strongmen
Sunday April 25 2021
Summary
When the long-serving president of Togo, Gnassingbé Eyadéma, died in February 2005, his son Faure Gnassingbé was named new head of state. When president Omar Bongo of Gabon died in June 2009, his son Ali Bongo was named the following month as his successor.
In Egypt and Libya before the 2011 uprisings in the Arab world, plans were in place for Gamal Mubarak and Saif al-Islam Gaddafi to succeed their fathers. The naming of Idriss Déby Jr as Chad head of state this week is the latest father-to-son power transition that appears to confirm a new trend of quasi-monarchies in Africa.

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