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It includes fully recognised states, states with limited or zero recognition, and dependent territories of both African and non-African states. It lists 56 sovereign states (54 of which are member states of the United Nations), two non-sovereign (dependent) territories of non-African sovereign states, and nine sub-national regions of non ...
Africa: Somali Democratic Republic [67] 1969 1991 Siad Barre: Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party: Communism Marxism–Leninism Left-wing nationalism Islamic socialism Scientific socialism Militarism: Unitary one-party socialist republic under a military dictatorship: Africa: Republic of Uganda [68] 1971 1979 Idi Amin: Military: Personalism ...
Corruption is a severe problem in much of the continent, with the vast majority of African states ranking below a five out of ten in Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index. Five of the ten most corrupt governments are AU member states: Angola (2.0) Côte d'Ivoire (1.9) Equatorial Guinea (1.9) Nigeria (1.9) Chad (1.7)
Military dictatorships were one of the two regime types that became common in Africa after decolonization in the 1960s through the 1980s, alongside one-party states. [130] At the time of decolonization, no meaningful institutions or national identity existed to maintain democracy or economic growth. [ 131 ]
The United States instead decided to act outside of the United Nations framework to assemble a "coalition of the willing" and delivered a 48-hour ultimatum to Saddam to step down by March 19, 2003. The subsequent invasion took control of Iraq by May 1, 2003, and Saddam Hussein was captured in Operation Red Dawn on December 13, 2003, although no ...
This is a List of political parties in Africa by country, linking to the country list of parties and the political system of each country in the region.
The power structures of dictatorships vary, and different definitions of dictatorship consider different elements of this structure. Political scientists such as Juan José Linz and Samuel P. Huntington identify key attributes that define the power structure of a dictatorship, including a single leader or a small group of leaders, the exercise of power with few limitations, limited political ...
Africa has experienced several military dictatorships which makes up the majority of right-wing dictatorships that have existed. [ citation needed ] [ 233 ] Dictatorships like the hereditary dictatorship in Togo (especially under Gnassingbé Eyadéma) had strong anti-communist and pro-western stances which is in contrast to left-wing ...