Unconstitutional changes of government in Africa: dilemmas for democratisation and peacebuilding
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: One of the major governance challenges in Africa today relates to unconstitutional changes of government (UCGs), which have compromised democracy and fueled instability. This policy brief critically examines the African Union’s (AU) responses to UCGs across Africa. UCGs accentuate democratic backsliding in Africa, threatening peace, security, and stability at national, regional, and continental levels. At a national level, civil liberties and political rights are violated and the civic space is shrunk. At the regional level, interstate security is threatened. At the continental level, the AU’s expansive normative framework against UCGs is reduced to mere rhetoric the more the gulf widens between norm-setting and norm implementation.
Source: Figshare
DOI: 10.14749/30373075
Author: Human Sciences Research Council
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: Human Sciences Research Council
OpenAlex ID: W7092204075
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