Whitey Ford
11-05-2020, 09:04 PM
"Trump is setting a bad example for Africa and a country like ours. You cannot proclaim yourself in an election where you are a candidate when justice exists," said Mory Keïta, a car parts dealer in Guinea.
Dozens of people were killed in protests before and after the West African country's president won a contested third term last month.
"It's a total disgrace," said Bachir Diallo, a Guinean mining executive. "Such a mess is worthy of a banana republic."
https://i.imgur.com/qWmyjM1.jpg
When the U.S. Embassy in Guinea's neighbour Ivory Coast called on Wednesday for dialogue and commitment to the rule of law following another disputed presidential election, some people took umbrage.
"I believe the playground response is 'why you talking about yourself?'" one Twitter user wrote.
"They tell us about democracy, it's simply a hoax. They don't mean it," said Maurice Nandasaba, as he caught up with friends near a newsstand in Kenya's capital Nairobi.
"You would think we're in Africa when you see Trump's behaviour," said Ange Kouame, 23, a student in Ivory Coast's main city, Abidjan.
"It is terrifying to see this in America," said Tito Kisiya, a sales executive in Tanzania, whose presidential election last week drew criticism from U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
In Africa's most populous nation Nigeria, where Trump has many admirers, some were critical of his actions.
"A soothsayer does not need to tell us that the America we are looking at as a model in everything is not even a model when it comes to electioneering," said Agbor Elemi, a consultant in Lagos.
https://news.yahoo.com/africans-amused-alarmed-u-elections-100129370.html
Dozens of people were killed in protests before and after the West African country's president won a contested third term last month.
"It's a total disgrace," said Bachir Diallo, a Guinean mining executive. "Such a mess is worthy of a banana republic."
https://i.imgur.com/qWmyjM1.jpg
When the U.S. Embassy in Guinea's neighbour Ivory Coast called on Wednesday for dialogue and commitment to the rule of law following another disputed presidential election, some people took umbrage.
"I believe the playground response is 'why you talking about yourself?'" one Twitter user wrote.
"They tell us about democracy, it's simply a hoax. They don't mean it," said Maurice Nandasaba, as he caught up with friends near a newsstand in Kenya's capital Nairobi.
"You would think we're in Africa when you see Trump's behaviour," said Ange Kouame, 23, a student in Ivory Coast's main city, Abidjan.
"It is terrifying to see this in America," said Tito Kisiya, a sales executive in Tanzania, whose presidential election last week drew criticism from U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
In Africa's most populous nation Nigeria, where Trump has many admirers, some were critical of his actions.
"A soothsayer does not need to tell us that the America we are looking at as a model in everything is not even a model when it comes to electioneering," said Agbor Elemi, a consultant in Lagos.
https://news.yahoo.com/africans-amused-alarmed-u-elections-100129370.html