Term Limit Evasions and Coups in Africa: Two Sides of the Same Coin Term Limit Evasions and Coups in Africa: Two Sides of the Same Coin By the Africa Center for Strategic Studies October 24, 2023 (updated on June 6, 2024) Term limit evasions are at the root of a host of governance dysfunctions in Africa and are linked to higher levels of autocracy, corruption, conflict, and propensity for coups. [...] The average time in office for the 18 leaders in countries that uphold term limits is 5 years. [...] COUP LEADERS AND MILITARY GOVERNMENTS ARE ALLERGIC TO TERM LIMITS • Term limit evasions are also directly linked to the surge of coups observed in Africa. [...] 3 Term Limit Evasions and Coups in Africa: Two Sides of the Same Coin • The relationship between military government and term limit evasions operates in both directions. [...] While West Africa has been the focal point for the surge of coups observed on the continent in recent years, the region is also a leader in upholding term limits, with eight countries having done so.
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- Term Limit Evasions and Coups in Africa Two Sides of the Same Coin 1
- By the Africa Center for Strategic Studies 1
- October 24 2023 updated on June 6 2024 1
- Term limit evasions are at the root of a host of governance dysfunctions in Africa and are linked to higher levels of autocracy corruption conflict and propensity for coups. 1
- CONSTITUTIONAL TERM LIMITS FOR AFRICAN LEADERS 1
- Term Limit Evasions and Coups in Africa Two Sides of the Same Coin 2
- HIGHLIGHTS 2
- CONSTITUTIONAL TERM LIMITS FOR AFRICAN LEADERS 2
- Term Limit Evasions and Coups in Africa Two Sides of the Same Coin 3
- COUP LEADERS AND MILITARY GOVERNMENTS ARE ALLERGIC TO TERM LIMITS 3
- This highlights that extraconstitutional actions of one type i.e. term limit evasions beget extraconstitutional actions of another i.e. seizures of power via military coups. 3
- Term Limit Evasions and Coups in Africa Two Sides of the Same Coin 4
- DAMAGING IMPLICATIONS FOR GOVERNANCE 4
- Term Limit Evasions and Coups in Africa Two Sides of the Same Coin 5
- Term Limit Not Yet Met 5
- Upheld 5
- Retained 5
- Evaded 5
- Extra Constitutional Change 5
- No Term Limit 5
- Term Limit Evasions and Coups in Africa Two Sides of the Same Coin 6
