Some external powers would do well to support the quest of Africans to decide their own destiny rather than supporting regimes that tend to perpetuate anarchy or tyranny in the African continent
Transition is always painful and if it is prolonged beyond a reasonable timeframe the public frustration rises as the masses tend to compare favourably the immediate past with their current state and an uncertain future.
Several efforts have been made by many interlocutors to diffuse the crisis, but one has to give credit to the consistent and unrelenting interventions by the Americans.
Even as the popular ratings of the two Presidential contenders are being debated, many national leaderships would hope for the right result for themselves as the US counts a great deal in every country’s strategic calculus.