The title is incorrect. It should read: Africa: 200 coups in 37 years. Sorry >From: Malamin Johnson <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Africa: 200 Coups in 27 years >Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 18:40:09 -0000 > >Vanguard > >June 4, 2001 >Posted to the web June 4, 2001 > >Valencia > >About 200 regimes in Africa were removed between 1963 and 2000 by coup >d’etat, wars or other unconstitutional means, a report has shown. > >The report, compiled by the African Development Bank (ADB) and contained in >its "African Development Report 2001," shows that 14 current leaders in >Africa have been in office for between 10 years and 20 years, while nine of >them have served for more than 20 years. > >The mean tenure for all former African leaders according to the report is >7.2 years and about twice that number for leaders who died in office or >retired. It also says between 1960 and 1989, only one African head of state >lost an election, while 12 lost elections between 1990 and 1999. > >In contrast, European leaders have each served an average of 3.2 years over >the past four decades with Finland having the shortest average and >Luxembourg the longest. The document also shows that three recently >independent countries in Africa have had no leadership transitions since >independence while 11 have had just one transition, just as Nigeria has had >11 transitions and Benin Republic 12. > >The report states that of the 101 past leaders in Africa who left office >because of coups or similar unauthorised means, about two-thirds were >killed, imprisoned or banished to foreign countries. > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Copyright © 2001 Vanguard. 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