By filling gaps in governance and service delivery, the terror group has cultivated a level of support among local civilians that Boko Haram never enjoyed and has turned neglected communities into a source of economic support.
Warning: htmlspecialchars(): charset `UTF-7' not supported, assuming utf-8 in /home/customer/www/africapedia.com/public_html/wp-includes/formatting.php on line 984
Election poster in Winneba, Ghana, in 2012. Elections matter, but not for the reason you may think; people actually distrust electoral institutions. (Photo/ Flickr/ Andrew Moore)
The Ideal African President: You Could Run Mad Trying To Figure Out What The People Want
Africans trust agencies of the executive branch (the presidency, army, and police) even more than the legislative branch (MPs and local councils). And they distrust electoral institutions most of all – so why have elections?