Tag: Peace and Security

The failures of nominally elected governments has denied leaders – as well as the democratic system – a vanguard popular constituency.

The AU needs to address two main problems to steer Africa into a prosperous future – the use of unconstitutional means by some leaders to cling to power

From Algeria to Zimbabwe:

FW de Klerk as National Party conservative was paradoxically the right leader at the right time to relinquish white minority rule

The extent of democracy capture varies markedly between countries. It’s much higher in states such as Zimbabwe, where the government has never changed hands

  An uncomfortable reality is that looting is perceived by the looters to be socially acceptable and is often encouraged and endorsed within social and community networks

  The gap between the continent’s most democratic and authoritarian regions is likely to continue to grow