What would you say are the main challenges for democracy building in Africatoday?
Thank you very much and thank you for this opportunity. Before getting to the challenges, let me start with saying that as an activist and as a democracy supporter in the region, I cannot help but to be an optimist. Africa came from very far. I think today you see all kind of negative reporting from Africa. Yet there are very positive outcomes and achievements in the last ten to 15 years. So let me first start by highlighting those and then I will get to the challenging part of it. I think the adoption of the African Charter for Democracy, Elections and Governance is a big step in the right direction, a watershed in the democratic development in the continent. Resolution of some conflicts, in Sierra Leone in Liberia, partially in Sudan, the Great Lake situation is a big achievement. Holding of elections in many places, this is a very good achievement. But above all, the establishment of a number of institutions that are now addressing democracy in the continent. The establishment of th
