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Africa suffering in ‘strongmen’ era, says governance watchdog

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Mo Ibrahim, head of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, warns that African democracy is declining due to a global trend towards strongman leadership. The foundation’s latest report notes improvements in economic opportunity and human development but also highlights significant setbacks in security, human rights, and public participation. This downturn coincides with recent military coups and conflicts on the continent, exemplified by violent crackdowns during elections in Tanzania and Uganda last year.

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The Mo Ibrahim Foundation’s latest report released on October 31, 2026, highlights a decline in democracy and rights across Africa despite progress in economic opportunity and human development. The report cites multiple military coups and devastating wars as contributing factors. Specifically, it mentions elections in Tanzania, where security forces were accused of killing thousands of protesters, and in Uganda, where opposition leader Bobi Wine faced severe persecution including being hunted and physically attacked. Sudanese-British billionaire Mo Ibrahim, 80, emphasizes that the rise of strongmen elsewhere is encouraging similar behavior among African leaders.

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The Mo Ibrahim Foundation’s latest report, finds broad progress on economic opportunity and human development over the past decade, but also steep declines in security, human rights and public participation at a time when Africa has suffered multiple military coups and devastating wars.

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Africa suffering in ‘strongmen’ era, says governance watchdog · assertive framing

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Africa suffering in ‘strongmen’ era, says governance watchdog ‘ asserted

watchdog → suffer → era

If you’re an African leader and you see all those strong people rising everywhere … you say, why not me too? asserted

you → ’re → ?

I can get away with it’ asserted

I → get → it

Democracy and rights are declining in Africa as leaders take their cues from the rise of strongmen in other parts of the world, the head of a governance monitor told AFP. asserted

head → decline → AFP

Mo Ibrahim, 80, is a Sudanese-British billionaire who made a fortune in telecoms and ploughed it into monitoring and encouraging better governance across Africa. asserted

who → make → Africa

Africa → find → coups

Ibrahim highlighted elections over the past year in Tanzania, where security forces were accused of killing thousands of protesters, and Uganda, where opposition leader Bobi Wine was “hunted and physically attacked”. asserted

Wine → highlight → protesters