As US Goes Big in Africa, Democracy on the Continent Is Failing, Experts Say

Africans are less optimistic about democracy than they’ve been in decades. In surveys this year, many Africans even indicated they’d give up the right to vote in exchange for jobs and good governance, according to Afrobarometer, an independent research network that measures public attitudes across the continent. Africans still want democracy, but the unaccountable governance many are experiencing is “disenchanting” them “deeply,” Afrobarometer CEO Joseph Asunka told The Epoch Times He said it’s “disturbing” that growing numbers of Africans favor militaries intervening if elected leaders abuse power. In August 2022, President Joe Biden presented his administration’s new strategy toward sub-Saharan Africa, designed to counter China’s, and to a lesser extent, Russia’s, growing influence on the continent....