Senegal needs to free itself, to rediscover its democracy.
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Senegal needs a renaissance.
For every African state, like Ghana, where democratic institutions seem secure, there is a Mali, a Cote d'Ivoire, and a Zimbabwe, where democracy is in trouble.
What we need in Africa is balanced development. Economic success cannot be a replacement for human rights or participation or democracy... it doesn't work.
Some African leaders actually dare to suggest that democracy is a concept alien to traditional African society. This is one of the most impudent political blasphemies I can think of.
The essence of a democracy is a free electorate.
Africans require, want, the franchise on the basis of one man one vote. They want political independence.
In short, we have, among African countries, a duty of solidarity.
From a monarchy followed by suffering under Communism, Ethiopians must be given the opportunity to flourish under the greatest of systems - democracy.
Western-style multi-party democracy is possible but not suitable for Africa.
No country is free unless it is democratic.
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