A New Generation of Leaders in Africa: What Issues Do They Face?
Africa is at a crossroads. It is now at the centre of development concerns that its leaders have been involved in for 50 years. These leaders are striving to find a happy outlet through which the black continent would be able play a role at the forefront of the world stage. A new generation of leade...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Institut de Hautes Études Internationales et du Développement
2010-03-01
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| Series: | Revue Internationale de Politique de Développement |
| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/poldev/139 |
| Summary: | Africa is at a crossroads. It is now at the centre of development concerns that its leaders have been involved in for 50 years. These leaders are striving to find a happy outlet through which the black continent would be able play a role at the forefront of the world stage. A new generation of leaders has to be considered, who are capable of facing up to a number of challenges such as fragmentation of the region, history and knowledge, relaying the foundations of the post-colonial State, promotion of democracy and human rights and the implementation of new conditions for peace and freedom, the gauge of sustainable development. The ways in which these various challenges are tackled are crucial. |
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| ISSN: | 1663-9375 1663-9391 |