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International Journal of Political Science and Development Vol. 3(3), pp. 129–137, March, 2015. DOI: 10.14662/IJPSD2015.020 ISSN: 2360-784X
Research Paper
Governance and Leadership Challenges in Africa
Mohammed Yimer
Department of Civic and Ethical Studies, College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Arba Minch University Email: muhamed_yimer@yahoo.com
Accepted 20 March 2015
This paper is a critical analysis of leadership and governance crises in
the horn of Africa in particular and the rest part of the continent in
general. It argues that Africa’s failures have come largely as a result
of frequent leadership change, lack of clear ideology, policy reversal
and weak institutional setups. It also examines the leadership selection
process in Africa and it takes the imposition pattern and that African
leaders have frequently come to their position with limited experience
or just the source of their authority is beyond the governed (Afegbua,
2012). Hence, the decline in moral and discipline caused by bad and
unsustainable policies, eroded professional standards and weakened the
system of governance. It observes that for Africa to overcome the
contemporary leadership and governance crisis, those on whom the burden
of leadership will fall in the future must fully comprehend their
responsibilities. Since the long term salvation of developing countries
depends on the quality of its future change makers, they must also be
well prepared to face the challenges of leadership in developing
society. The paper concludes that only leadership that has maximum
empathy for the people can be relevant to the qualitative movement of
Africa. Cite This Article As: Yimer M (2015). Governance and Leadership Challenges in Africa. Inter. J. Polit. Sci. Develop. 3(3): 129-137.
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