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Why rebels succeed in toppling presidents

By PETER WANYONYI

African militaries — okay, armies, since African navies and air forces are just jokes — are a pampered lot. They live in colonial-era barracks mansions, do little most of the time, don’t train, and generally just proceed to slowly vegetate into a blissful, blessed background.

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