Fading Democracies in Africa

Policy Study

21/09/2017

With the end of the cold war east-west rivalry in Africa was replaced by political conditionality leading to a rise of democratic states. This trend is now reversing. This article describes the deteriorating situation in a number of Southern African states and comes to the conclusion that the structural foundations in Africa are not conducive for the development of democratic systems.

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