Africans are astonished at the disarray around the US seat of power — especially those Africans familiar with the playbooks of leaders who refuse to concede defeat, who carry out coups or who incite political violence.

The continent's leaders have so far stayed mute on Wednesday's events in Washington, which saw Trump supporters storm the Capitol building.

But former Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, who famously made a phone call to concede his defeat and congratulate his successor, Muhammadu Buhari, in what was an unprecedented move for the country, gave Trump a stern reprimand.

Trump could be an African leader

As for average Africans, many seemed unable to resist having a little fun at the expense of the outgoing US president.

"Trump should just pull off his mask and tell us which African country he's from," a Twitter user in Zambia remarked.

Trump never visited the continent but famously called African nations "sh**hole countries" in 2018. He also made unkind comments about prospective immigrants to the US from Nigeria.

Some Nigerians drew parallels to what has happened in their own country, which is notorious for election disputes.

Unlike Goodluck Jonathan, most often losers don't accept defeat, meaning many election results are contested in court.

As a result, Nigerians look enviously to the US as a country with a exemplary transition system.

Not any more, though.

Nigerian Salihu Yakubu expressed surprise to DW's Hausa service that "America's present democracy is no different to Africa’s

PopSmoke:
some of you just lack sense, so when next America go to the Moon make sure you also compare it with this sh*thole you live in,

give this dunce op assylum to America now, he go run

fools everywhere

PopSmoke:
no matter how much you try, even though I support Biden, this is uncalled for

it's just like you are trying to console yourself

get over it, America is greater than the whole Afrika (no offense)

blackpanda:


Recent events begs to differ

PopSmoke:


recent events like beheading of 43 rice farmers ?

kidnap of over 300 school kids?

PopSmoke:


recent events like beheading of 43 rice farmers ?

kidnap of over 300 school kids?

NGpatriot:



Americans killed 41,000 Americans in 2020 alone.

Americans slaughter Americans everyday, killings is like drinking pure water.

Our school children don't walk into the classrooms to slaughter their classmates in cold blood.

Our own people don't walk into kindergarten schools and slaughter 3-4-5 year old kids in cold blood while the rest of the country moved on as if nothing happened.

Our own people don't go into Cinema to guns down people in movie theaters.

Our own people here in Nigeria don't pack trucks full of explosives to clown up innocent fellow Nigerians.

Your problem is kolomental, they've bombarded you with negative info about yourselves and your fellow Africans that you are the beast, the savages and hopeless killers when in fact they are all the things they call you, they slaughter themselves at will, they are so used to it that they are completely numb.

Emancipate yourself from mental slavery.

NGpatriot:



Americans killed 41,000 Americans in 2020 alone.

Americans slaughter Americans everyday, killings is like drinking pure water.

Our school children don't walk into the classrooms to slaughter their classmates in cold blood.

Our own people don't walk into kindergarten schools and slaughter 3-4-5 year old kids in cold blood while the rest of the country moved on as if nothing happened.

Our own people don't go into Cinema to guns down people in movie theaters.

Our own people here in Nigeria don't pack trucks full of explosives to clown up innocent fellow Nigerians.

Your problem is kolomental, they've bombarded you with negative info about yourselves and your fellow Africans that you are the beast, the savages and hopeless killers when in fact they are all the things they call you, they slaughter themselves at will, they are so used to it that they are completely numb.

Emancipate yourself from mental slavery.

NGpatriot:


This can't spell basic English word illiterate is talking about schooling other people.

Almajiri kids should be educating you, at least to teach you how to spell.

PopSmoke:


I don't have a problem before I can know life expectancy in America is better than the whole Afrika

like I said, going back and forth with your type is not healthy for my IQ ( it's still early)

you will be alright las las