In Africa, are 'donor darlings' stifling democracy?

By: The Christian Science Monitor, November 7, 2005 Clashes between opposition protesters and security forces in Ethiopia killed more than 46 people in the past week. In Africa's decade-plus experiment with multiparty democracy, there appears to be significant backsliding, ironically, among some heads of state once heralded as the next generation of great leaders on the continent. And the slippage, observers say, is sometimes being abetted by the US and other rich-nation donors - in part because of the war on terror. DD 11.07.2005

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