Senegal President and AU Chairperson Macky Sall gives a keynote address during the opening ceremony of the Dakar International Forum on Peace and Security in Africa in Dakar, Senegal. [Betty Njeru, Standard]
Decades after independence from colonial powers, one would have hoped Africa's post-independence regimes would by now have outgrown the curse of mercenaries, sponsored coups, and foreign-powered civil strife.