Coups d’état are, intuitively, the antithesis of a democratic transition. Even when such an occurrence is greeted with a certain amount of popular celebration, military government is incompatible with democracy. Coups such as the one that took place in July in Niger are rightly greeted with international condemnation. But what about a coup that removes an autocrat who has far
MINKEBE Seen from the helicopter, the canopy of Minkébé National Park, in northern Gabon, looks like a green carpet that stretches to the horizon. The immobile uniformity is only broken up here and there by the veins of muddy rivers or a flock of birds flying. There’s no road or village here near.
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A key UN summit this year must give biodiversity the same priority as climate change and press ahead with putting a financial value on natural resources, Gabon's environment minister says.