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  • 22 Jun 2016
  • 4 min

Explainer 21: Africa’s democracy problem

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  • The Foreign Desk
  • 4 min

Africa is a continent of 54 nations, the vast majority of which could be considered democratic on paper. And yet in the past year Rwanda’s Paul Kagame, Burundi’s Pierre Nkurunziza and Congo-Brazzaville’s Denis Sassou Nguesso have all changed their constitutions to allow themselves a third term. What’s the story?

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  • Andrew Mueller

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