Book Review

BAMGBOSE, J. Adele. (2020) Military Intervention in African Politics Publisher: Favour Printing Press. Pages: 266

Abstract

On February 1, 2021, a Coup d’état took place in Myanmar. The military overthrew a democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi. The justification for the take-over of government was that Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) party won the general election of November 8, 2020 by a landslide but rejected by the military-backed opposition party, Union Solidarity and Development Association (USDA), which alleged fraud. The military immediately declared a state of emergency for one year and promised to return the country to civil rule thereafter. It has been unable to secure the support of most of the citizens of that country who are currently locked in street battles with the junta amidst international condemnation, sanctions, and prodding that the men on the horseback should retreat into the barracks.