Political Parties in Africa: Challenges for Sustained Multiparty

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No. Country Political party Political Parties in Africa: Challenges for Sustained Multiparty Democracy Table 4.8: The Federation of Green Parties of Africa 1 Benin Les Verts du Benin 2 Burkina Faso Rassemblement Des Ecologistes du Burkina Faso 3 Cameroon Défense de l’Environnement Camérounais (DEC) 4 Guinea-Bissau Liga Guineense de Proteqao Ecologica 5 Guinea Parti des Ecologistes Guinéens 6 Kenya Mazingira Green Party 7 Mali Parti Ecologiste du Mali 8 Mauritius Mouvement Républicain - the Green Way 9 Morocco Les Verts 10 Niger Rassemblement pour un Sahel Vert 11 Nigeria Green Party of Nigeria 12 Senegal Les Verts 13 Somalia Somalia Green Party 14 South Africa Green Party of South Africa Source: Compiled from the Global Green membership list, July 2006. 4.7.5 The importance of political party networks and associations Elsewhere, Mohamed Salih (2005) argues that it is evident that global partybased democracy networks have developed three distinct strategies in dealing with international democracy promotion, which are rather different from the approaches taken by fraternal foundations and other multilateral organizations. First, global parliamentary networks promote globalized parliamentary-based democracy by developing the capacity of parliamentarians regardless of their ideological orientation. Second, global party-to-party networks promote globalized party-based democracy in a bid to bring Africa and other developing countries into conformity with the ethos and core values of ‘Western’ party-based democracy. Third, bilateral and multilateral institutions pursue global democracy, including in Africa, with the aim of strengthening democratic institutions, including, of course, parliaments, political parties and the rule of law, constitutional reforms, good governance, and state building among others.
International Idea It is difficult to argue that Africa can develop a unique party-based democracy that responds to its own political culture and position in the new context of development so long as it operates under the influence of such powerful global parliamentary and party-to-party democracy networks. However, African party-based democracy, as this report demonstrates, has so far retained some institutional arrangements informed by African levels of socio-economic development and the diverse political cultures, some of which impinge negatively on its overall democratic credentials. However, African regional and sub-regional parliament-to-parliament associations are yet to develop into party-to-party networks through which like-minded African ideological approaches and similarities in economic development trends and experiences could develop into genuine interdependence for fostering peace and security, contributing to regional economic integration, and bringing these institutions closer to the people. The relationship between party internationals and African political parties and the way in which it affects party programmes and manifestos have not been well researched and require some serious attention. Here International IDEA’s Programme on Research and Dialogue with Political Parties could take a lead in order that ensure that this issue can be pursued further. African Party and Electoral Systems
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