A debt problem of 120% of GDP. Economist (11/14/20 issue) Another country headed down to autocratic dominion over its populace: the lord of the fray, President Edgar Lungu.
Zambia becomes like the many lately falling into debt, in the hands of a despot profligate. Those who don't commit to his rule are driven to migrate somewhere else, where their hopes for survival might be greater.
Venezuela, you remember the country, still being ruled by Nicolas Madero. Opposition Presidential candidate support weakening over time, even as numbers of those leaving the country grows. Did the some 50 countries who endorsed him originally offer plans for reorganizing the government that would once again make it a prosperous nation?
One man rule. Country looking up to him for direction that improves the fate of his people, especially his poor.
Does he know enough? Are those that run his administration professionals, trained in their positions at some university or college from around the world?
Why should some citizen submit to his rule? Obvious. Else that citizen will be dealt with by the military tribunal or some such with the authority of the state government. And, they will be professionals, maybe.
Currently in Africa, Zambia and 5 other countries are woefully in arrears to the IMF.
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