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Analysis highlights governance challenges in Africa’s political system, suggesting cultural differences impact democracy.
Despite elections being held across the continent, coup leaders and other foes of liberal democracy have seized on disenchantment with poor governance and economic frustrations to renew old debates about whether Africa needs a different kind of political system suited to its supposed cultural differences.
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