Behind every successful leader is a great, enduring ideology
African leaders met for the Burundi peace negotiations in Arusha, Tanzania in March 2000. Kenya’s president Daniel arap Moi, the facilitator, South African president Nelson Mandela and Nambia’s president Sam Nujoma all left a lasting legacy. PHOTO | ALEXANDER JOE | AFP
Many African presidents have held on to power beyond the term stipulated by their country’s constitution, arguing there was no suitable candidate to take over.
We have had some presidents who did some remarkable things and the logical conclusion would be for them to continue and finish the good work they started.