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When the street applauds the boots, democracy asks you to choose your side.
🌳 The Baobab of Choice — How does it work?
Every week Baobizz plunges you into a dilemma rooted in African realities.
No good answer, no bad one: two paths, two values, an impossible decision.
Read the staging, choose your camp, vote — then come back 48 hours later
discover the complete analysis and what your choice says about you.
You're a journalist at Niamey. Tonight, a respected colonel overthrew a president accused of mass corruption. On the street, crowds wave flags. Your editor-in-chief, a refugee abroad, calls you: publish an editorial now. Social networks are burning up — rumors, truncated videos, calls for revenge. You know the fallen president looted the crates. You also know that this coup opens a breach where other armed men will sniff tomorrow. Your feather is shaking. Two versions of your text are ready. Your phone is ringing, the military wants to see you. You have to publish first.
What do you choose?
A — You defend the coup d'état as a legitimate start from a betrayed people.
B — You condemn the putsch and demand a return to constitutional order.
Full analysis appears in 48 hours — come back and discover what your choice reveals.
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