AU Commissioner for Political Affairs, Peace and Security, Bankole Adeoye, at the second AU Reflection Forum on Unconstitutional Change of Government in Accra, Ghana.
The AU's African Youth Ambassador for Peace for Southern Africa says one of the reasons democracy is becoming unpopular is the failure to address the needs of the youth.With the second elections of the year in Africa, due in Senegal on Sunday, already troubled – after a disputed one in the Comoros in January – democracy on the continent is like"a ship in troubled waters", according to the AU.
Cynthia Chigwenya, African Youth Ambassador for Peace for Southern Africa, said one of the reasons making democracy unpopular was the failure to address the needs of the youth on the continent.
Coincidentally, he was hosting this summit. In his speech, he said African leaders should"identify why things have not worked".
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