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Africasiaeuro - The Coup

Posted by Heinz Rainer February 06 th, 2009 at 11:12 AM, in Accra

December 31st., lest we forget ...

First a distant, dull explosion, it seems from another world, I try to shrug it off.

It is midnight and I am half asleep by the time the next thundering sound tells me of something unusual. My senses sharpen and I lay awake, tense, listening. By the time the rapid exchange from a submachine gun echoes through the night, I know that trouble is on its way.

Looking from our windows does not reveal anything unusual, still I continue to count the number of heavy artillery rounds that go down in direction of the Flagstaff house. No one has expected this to come, everyone is surprised.

The night continues with the same sounds of heavy gun fire, not close, yet clearly audible. Nobody can find sleep by now, and is trying to receive information through the poor telephone system. Frantic calls are made from residence to residence, to no avail, nobody knows what is going on.

The morning brings the first news, house staff coming from their various locations have heard that a Coup d' Etat against the civilian government is imminent.

In memory to those who lost their lives

The same Flight Lieutenant who has handed over to a Civilian government before, is the Coup plotter.
The fighting raging between the various factions is tough., many lose their lives again.

People are cheering the return of the Flight Lieutenant, he still is the hero of the people, the defender of truth, the protector of the poor.

Soon the radio broadcasts the first news and by now the last doubt is laid aside, we are in the middle of a Coup d'Etat.

The military follows and pulls out his lifeless body. A common occurrence during such days. Rich is no longer, he has become a victim of circumstance, killed by trigger happy soldiers. For in such times, the venturing out on the roads is almost suicidal.

Next episode : man in charge - Lance corporal Halidu Giyuwah

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