Namibia: Democracy is More Than Just an Election – Opinion

Do elections matter?

Or, as a point of departure, do those who come to power through the ballot box and those who gain power by the barrel of the gun run or govern their countries differently?

Our president, Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah, was voted into power; Burkina Faso’s junta leader, Ibrahim Traoré, achieved power through the barrel of the gun.

Yet both generally talk the same language on how to manage their countries national resources in order to benefit their citizens.

Then…