(1) Whether she has found her department has been consistent in its approach of dealing with military takeovers, given that the response from her department was different at the time our SA Development Community neighbour Zimbabwe experienced a military takeover in 2017, when the former President, Mr Robert Mugabe, was removed from office, to how it currently is to the situation in francophone countries; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
(2) what has she found to be the causes of the political situations that led to the military takeovers in (a) Gabon, (b) Burkina Faso and (c) Niger;
(3) whether she has found that the citizens of the specified countries have full democratic rights to participate in free and fair elections; if not,
(4) whether her department has condemned the alleged role played by France in stifling democracy and exploiting the natural resources of the countries with no tangible benefits for the citizens of the specified countries, if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details? NW4953E