Following the military coup in Burkina Faso, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) announced on Tuesday that an extraordinary summit will be held in the coming days to check the situation.

In an interview with CGTN, Ousseni Illy, a teacher-researcher in public law at the Thomas Sankara University in Ouagadougou, said that the coups in African countries are a sign that "democracy is in trouble." However, he also raised an important question: Is it better to have a broken democracy or a good coup?

"I'm afraid that after years of turmoil, people are starting to think that maybe a coup is better than a shaky democracy," he said. "If it's the case, then yes, we are in big trouble."