How can we hold the powerful to account in Africa when the ruling party acts with impunity and disregards the will of the voters? Living Rights Festival

Moira Levy

doi:10.14426/na.v96i1.2761

How can we hold the powerful to account in Africa when the ruling party acts with impunity and disregards the will of the voters?

Living Rights Festival

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Moira Levy

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14426/na.v96i1.2761

Keywords:

Africa, Democracy, Mozambique’s elections, Accountability movement, IFAA, Living Rights Festival

Abstract

Many countries call themselves democracies simply because they hold regular elections. At a panel discussion in October
2024 as part of IFAA’s Living Rights Festival, participants were reminded that elections are a necessary but not sufficient requirement for democracy. A key question that surfaced in the debate, titled “Holding the Powerful to Account in Africa,” was what actions could promote accountability in a so-called “democracy” in which the ruling party is able to act with impunity and disregard the will of the voters?

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03-04-2025 — Updated on 03-04-2025

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Levy, M. (2025). How can we hold the powerful to account in Africa when the ruling party acts with impunity and disregards the will of the voters? Living Rights Festival. New Agenda: South African Journal of Social and Economic Policy, 96(1). https://doi.org/10.14426/na.v96i1.2761