Good evening ,

My understanding in democracy accordingly in africa is like baby borned this morning and every time he need his mother.
The democracy progress will growth in the same time with our mentality, our culture  and our knowlodge level.Education play a major role in this process. So we have a long road to perfect our skill, to organize our common life on the right rulers.
Every one has this responsability.   

HI,
I am Mohamed Boye Jallo Jamboria,a Sierra Leonean living in Norway as a result of the greed and politically motivated war that has shattered my country.I am a professionally trained teacher,a trade unionist and a journalist.I had in the dark days in my country been one of those advocating for democracy and change in governance.
I strongly believe that Africa is undergoing a lot of changes and that the next decades will see a different political scenerio in the continent.
Howevr we must work very fast to help crete the enabling institutions for real democracy to have foothold in the continent.Also we have to create stronger and more united civil societies for the continent not to be a victim of internal and external colonialising forces coming in the guise of democratic and trade promotion institutions.
Democracy can only have its meaning when the political and economic institutional frameworks are build on lines of equality and fairplay.This means Africa must be politically and economically independent to drive its affairs from an inclusive not exclusive point of governance.
The exclusiveness comes from ethnic and other shortsighted approaches that those in power use in the processes of governing.
On the part of the people ,they must endeavour to help by spending more time and energy on proper democratic education then by listening to rumours and propaganda.

  Thanks very match desr Tchombe for the message , I am very pleased to work with our new network.
 Immaculee

Hello All, my name is Bankole Olubamise, an NGO activist based in Nigeria.

The parlous state of Africa is direct consequence of the gross abuse of leadership positions by African leaders. I love what former Ghanaian Leader Rawlings said yesterday on SABC " Its easy to get to power, its easy to stay in power, the problems comes when you are asked to leave power'. Its a shame that African leaders have to be cajoled to leave power or sometimes hunted down even when they have spent decades going round in circles. Its pathetic and a total disappointment that the Nigeria Leader is speculated to be seeking a 3rd term (a 4th term in actual fact- he was the leader in 1976-79, 1999, 2003....). Yet the economy is improving only for the rich and those in the corridors of power. All Nigerian assets are being sold in the name of privatization to the very weak private sector (less than 10% of African owned companies have survived 2 generations) that we claim to have in Africa!

maybe we should stop asking for democracy actually, just that other options are scary!!! Imagine Congo has been at war for the better part of half a century!

Is there something pathologically wrong with Africans?