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Political instability in Africa (Africa’s leadership problem and political…
Political instability in Africa
Africa’s leadership problem and political instability
Inter state
foreign policies
Impact upon
stability of African countries
positive developments
people involvement to bring change
Africa have seen an increased level of political awareness in their people demanding accountability in their governments
Domestic level
lack of modern governmentals ystems
corrupt leaderes
repression
colonial legacy
insufficient political structures
Participatory democracy is taking root
African countries are movingfrom single party dictatorship to pluralism
military take-overs are
getting less and less
Africa’s economy and political instability
Most African economies are doing well
Africa has massive natural resources that are not being exploited because under development
some country cases are still experiencing difficult times in terms of:
political stability
economic development
poverty
public health
trade volumes
foreign investments
Political instability in Africa, underpins the economic development
the deprivation of African populations, of the essential services
stops development in countries
Political violence and political instability
most regimes in Africa did not fully embrace the changes stablished in the multi-party democracy
Since the onset of multi-party democracy in most African countries electoral processes have been accompanied by political violences.
Most violence in such cases are often state sponsored
hired violence, in the
form of informal groups, militias and gangs
1991 multi-party democracy in the third wave of democratisation
Power-sharing in the context of electoral theft
electoral thieving in Africa is "the now famous phrase" of power sharing
the recent trend of prescribing a power-sharing arrangement between a winning opposition candidate and an incumbent electoral thieving president
as was the case in Kenya and
now in Zimbabwe,
Africa’s instability, migration and development
political instability in Africa is also directly related to the migration and development issue
political and economic conditions in Africa contribute to the massive exodus of both highly qualified and lowly educated populations in Africa.
These
include such factors as
bad governance
poor economic conditions
civil conflicts
oppressive regimes
signs of progress