By reading the newspapers, I was astonished by the Putsch in Burkina Faso.\u00a0 This coup d\u2019\u00e9tat has changed the region\u2019s political situation.\u00a0 Even if it is a political shock for Burkina Faso, it won\u2019t be without consequences for the peripheral regions.\u00a0 This event has caused me to think of two things : the place of the youth, and the new challenges raised by the Putsch.<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>The Presidential Security Regiment (PSR) led by Gabriel Diendr\u00e9 was overthrown by a coup d\u2019\u00e9tat. The president in position, M. Kafando, and Prime Minister I. Zida have been taken hostage. A few days later, Gabriel Diendr\u00e9 then appears on television, to explain to has taken power. The African population, and especially African youth, tried to raise against this putsch, but it was repressed.\u00a0 <\/span>There were more than ten deaths. The international community \u2014 in particular France, whose interests are at stake \u2014 condemned this operation.\u00a0 <\/span>The ground and air borders were closed.\u00a0 <\/span>Burkina Faso and its population is in turmoil, repeating the past errors.\u00a0 <\/span>Errors, some thought, would never raise their ugly heads again.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Up to now, Burkina Faso has looked like a model in several areas.\u00a0 The region had developed diplomatic relations with Taiwan, as well as with France.\u00a0 The country has even become the center of security operations led by France, against the armed jihadist and Salafist groups of Sahel. The elections to organize a democratically elected president were approaching.\u00a0 However, fearing he would be ousted from political power, General Diendr\u00e9 did not hesitate to use the military dictatorship of his predecessors. Many people think that Compaor\u00e9 secretly pulled the strings of the situation.<\/p>\n The coup was precipitated in part by the interim government\u2019s decision to prohibit those politicians from taking part in the elections, originally scheduled for October 11. Under the proposed compromise by West African leaders, the elections would be delayed until late November.\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n We are proud of the mobilization and fearlessness of the Burkinab\u00e9 people, especially its youth, whose unwavering determination helped to stop the usurpation.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n However, pulled by economic, social, political, security threats, the Burkinafaso\u2019s youth struggle with difficulty to attain a basic level of security.\u00a0 <\/span>Even those who are highly skilled, are facing impediments to achieve a professional advancement and experience increasing unemployment. Unfortunately, the African youth is obliged to fight against the socioeconomic and political situation of the country to the detriment of their own ambitions and of their well-being.\u00a0 <\/span>Consequently, the African youth remains symptomatic of the lack of human security in this country and more generally in Africa.\u00a0 <\/span>The concept of human security indicates the fact of living shielded from the fear and from the need . Yet, this idea collides with the daily realities of the African young people.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Despite surprising the international community, several factors indicate that the coup d\u2019\u00e9tat could have been predicted.\u00a0 <\/span>Several appeals were launched to end the regime of the PSR, which raised fears of a seizure of power.\u00a0 <\/span>Fights between spheres of power were happening since June and shed light on a potential conflict for the power. <\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>The situation here was notably calmer than in previous days. Daily life was slowly returning to normal; supermarkets, gas stations and shops have reopened.\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Even if the coup d’\u00e9tat failed, new challenges have been raised.\u00a0 <\/span>The coup d’\u00e9tat is symbolic of the powerful role the army plays in the African political arena and the political fragility of Burkina Faso.\u00a0 <\/span>It is essential that the political power stays in the hands of the civil power. The former president Blaise Compaor\u00e9\u00a0 <\/span>must not be able to represent himself in the presidential elections. One needs to hope that Michel Kafando achieves a return to the status quo, or that a new democratic transition is set up.\u00a0 <\/span>The political and democratic construction thus remains a major challenge. \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>Furthermore, the situation of the African youth is important in the political domain. It is revealing of a generational fight between the young people being thirsty of political change and a political class, who remain prisoners of bad political habits.\u00a0 <\/span>Many people see the African youth as a time bomb capable of violence, due to their political dissatisfaction. It is clear that, until now, the youth have been at the origins of a democratic spring.\u00a0 <\/span>Thus they deserve much more attention and especially a social recognition.\u00a0 <\/span>In this way, they could express themselves more freely without being obliged to resort to the violence.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>We have seen by this current event that the power cannot remain without the support of its population, hence the return to normal situation.\u00a0 <\/span>It is thus a matter of not letting the flame of the democratic spring of 2014 go out. <\/span><\/p>\n Here is a link to a Ted Talk called \u201cThe leaders who ruined Africa and the generation who can fix it.\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>It illustrates this situation at an individual level of analysis, emphasizing the role of the new generation and imagining how to create the leadership of the future.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n
\nIn spite of firm ethnic divides, Burkina Faso has done its best to set a political game worthy of the name.Citizens and politicians have worked together.\u00a0 <\/span>The African youth was a major component of this process towards democracy in the region.\u00a0 <\/span>So, the African youth had been thirsty of political change since 2014.\u00a0 <\/span>Many of them introduced uprisings against the former \u201cpresident for life\u201d of Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaor\u00e9. They organized his departure of the power. <\/span><\/p>\n
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