Delayed Democracy

Despite being one of Africa’s richest regions in natural resources, Africa’s Great Lakes Region is said to host some of the most undemocratic governments in the continent.

Following the American Revolutionary War of the 17th century, and Slave Trade abolition initiatives, freed slaves from America and those “rescued” in the West African region settled with the natives of the two geographical locations known today as Liberia and Sierra Leone.

The founding fathers of the Organisation of African Unity, now called African Union had the promotion of democratic principles and institutions, popular participation and good governance of Africa, as a key objective of the organisation.