Africa Democracy Summit Calls On Leaders to Respect Term Limits

A three-day summit on strengthening democracy and constitutionalism began in Botswana's capital Wednesday, with renewed calls for Africa's ...

Current and former African Presidents support Term Limits and ...

Africa has seen significant democratic backsliding in recent years, driven in large part by leaders who undermine constitutional norms, ...

Accountability and demand for democracy drive leadership changes ...

Recent leadership changes in Africa signal that accountability and citizens' demands for democracy are growing stronger there.

Do Not Blame it on Democracy: a Call for Authenticity | Wilson Center

However, Africans still believe in the concept of democracy. African citizens approval for democratic principles and general support for ...

Africa's 2024 Elections: Challenges and Opportunities to Regain ...

The junta engineered a referendum in June 2023 that consolidated power in the presidency and would allow junta leaders to serve in a new ...

West Africa: Civil Society Actors Call on ECOWAS - Tournons la Page

These reforms must be carried out thoughtfully and rigorously, with priority given to respect for democratic principles, in particular term ...

Summit on Constitutionalism and Democratic Consolidation in ...

The Government of Botswana partnered with the National Democratic Institute (NDI) to co-host an Africa-wide Summit on Constitutionalism and ...

The International Summit on Constitutionalism and Democratic ...

The Summit was developed to address a trend of democratic backsliding in Africa that has been driven, in part, by elected leaders defying constitutional norms ...

AD894: Kenyans want their democracy with term limits for the ...

On average across 39 African countries surveyed between late 2021 and mid-2023, 72% of citizens favoured presidential term limits. Kenyans ...

Advocating for Term Limits in Africa | National Democratic Institute

This virtual conference was organized to examine an emerging pattern of democratic backsliding on the continent, evidenced by a gradual erosion of respect for ...

Africa's Role in Setting a Global Agenda for Democracy: A Q&A with ...

On Tuesday, President Joe Biden opened the US–Africa Leaders Summit in Washington, DC. ... called for respect for human rights. In Morocco ...

Long-serving African presidents say the people want them to stay on ...

Afrobarometer's series leading up to December's Summit for Democracy focuses on term limits this week because for many democracy advocates ...

New Governance Model Reflecting Africa's Power, Potential Crucial ...

Acknowledging the complex global problems facing beleaguered multilateral institutions, African leaders called today for not just a ...

Presidential Term Limits and the African Union

respect for democratic standards by ... See Report of the. Interim Chairperson on the Proceedings of the African Conference on Democracy, Elections and.

OPEN SESSION ON CONSTITUTIONALISM, DEMOCRACY AND ...

Tomorrow (6 August), the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council (PSC) is expected to hold its 1226th open session on the theme of ...

Democratic resilience in Africa: Lessons from 2024 elections

Since 2002, fourteen African countries have eliminated or extended presidential term limits or expanded presidential powers, including several ...

Africa's Leaders for Life | Journal of Democracy

Term limits are currently in the crosshairs in both Zimbabwe and Côte d'Ivoire. Standing presidents in these two countries have said they will step down at the ...

Secretary Antony J. Blinken At the Opening Ceremony of the Third ...

... African Union and the regional economic communities to advocate for presidential term limits. ... democratic leaders across our countries ...

Term Limits: A Linchpin to Restoring Democratic Norms in Africa

In fact, the evasion of term limits tends to be a serial process. Once a leader has sidestepped his limit of two-terms, it's rare that he'll ...

- DEMOCRACY IN AFRICA: THE NEW GENERATION OF AFRICAN ...

... term what we would call full and universal respect for human rights. Let me ... First of all, the so-called new leaders of Africa are not all that new.