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OnlinePeoplesNews.com | International Desk<\/em><\/p>\n

Africa has entered another turbulent chapter of political crisis, as the recent elections in Tanzania, Cameroon, and C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire expose deep fractures in the continent\u2019s democratic architecture. While ruling elites celebrate \u201cvictories\u201d and foreign powers applaud \u201cstability,\u201d the reality on the ground tells a far darker story: repression, manipulated ballots, and an ever-growing disconnect between the continent\u2019s aging rulers and its restless, youthful population.<\/p>\n

Across three nations \u2014 each with its own political trajectory \u2014 the pattern is unmistakable. Elections have become rituals that legitimize continuity rather than instruments that empower citizens. Neoliberal and neo-colonial structures remain firmly intact, defended by regimes that rely on coercion, censorship, and constitutional manipulation to survive.<\/p>\n

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Tanzania: When Elections Become Instruments of Fear<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Tanzania\u2019s October 29, 2025 election marked one of the most troubling democratic backslides in East Africa. President Samia Suluhu Hassan\u2019s reported 97.66% \u201cvictory\u201d raised immediate suspicion, not celebration.<\/p>\n

For months, opposition leaders from CHADEMA, including Tundu Lissu and Amani Golugwa, faced relentless intimidation. Rallies were blocked, candidates disqualified, and dozens of activists jailed. As results were announced, Tanzanians poured into the streets of Dar es Salaam, Arusha, and Mwanza \u2014 only to face brutal crackdowns.<\/p>\n

Internet shutdowns, curfews, disappearances, and allegations of mass killings have turned the post-election period into a national trauma. Even SADC observers reported harassment by the state. The African Union initially congratulated Suluhu but later retracted its endorsement under heavy public criticism.<\/p>\n

Yet, despite the severity of the crisis, meaningful international intervention remains absent.<\/p>\n

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Cameroon: The Never-Ending Reign of Paul Biya<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Over in Cameroon, the October 12, 2025 election once again extended the rule of Paul Biya \u2014 a man who has governed since 1982 and is now 92. His official win of 53.66% came after 70 of 83 opposition candidates were disqualified<\/strong> by the electoral commission (ELECAM). Maurice Kamto, the most prominent challenger, was among those barred.<\/p>\n

With real opposition neutralized, the election became a predictable coronation. Streets in Douala, Garoua, and Maroua filled with protests demanding transparency. The response: live ammunition, mass arrests, and a new wave of killings.<\/p>\n

Cameroon\u2019s youth, suffocating under more than 30% unemployment, increasingly see the political system as closed, elitist, and violently resistant to change. Their protest movements grow louder \u2014 and more desperate \u2014 by the day.<\/p>\n

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C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire: Technocratic Neoliberalism Masking Authoritarian Rule<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, President Alassane Ouattara, now 83, secured a controversial fourth term. Constitutional reinterpretation allowed him to bypass term limits, while his main rivals \u2014 Laurent Gbagbo and Guillaume Soro \u2014 were barred from running.<\/p>\n

The election became a procedural formality.<\/p>\n

Opposition protests were met with arrests and bans, reinforcing what human rights groups call a \u201cpermanent state of controlled democracy.\u201d Ouattara\u2019s regime represents a softer but equally dangerous model: technocratic neoliberalism<\/strong>. Backed by the IMF and World Bank, his government posts strong GDP numbers \u2014 while inequality, rural poverty, and youth unemployment continue to deepen.<\/p>\n

As Pan-African political analyst Jonis Ghedi Alasow wrote:<\/p>\n

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\u201cThese are not elections \u2014 they are coronations. Ouattara\u2019s popularity in Western capitals stems from his willingness to implement austerity, not from the consent of his people.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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A Crisis Beyond Elections: The Collapse of Neoliberal Democracy<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The Socialist Movement of Ghana (SMG) argues that Africa\u2019s crisis is not simply electoral \u2014 it is structural. Elections, they note, have become tools that ruling elites use to protect imperial interests, maintain resource extraction, and uphold neoliberal economic models.<\/p>\n

The continent remains trapped between debt dependency, foreign-controlled trade systems, and domestic elites aligned with multinational corporations.<\/p>\n

Ghedi Alasow puts it clearly:<\/p>\n

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\u201cAfrica\u2019s history shows that meaningful change does not emerge from ballot boxes but from organized struggle.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This sentiment resonates across Africa\u2019s cities, slums, and campuses, where youth movements are rising with new intensity. From Tanzania to Cameroon to C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire, marginalized communities now question not only fraudulent results \u2014 but the entire system that produces them.<\/p>\n

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A Generation Determined to Break the Chain<\/strong><\/h2>\n

A new political energy is emerging on the continent, shaped by Pan-Africanism, socialism, anti-imperialist organizing, and grassroots mobilization. Young Africans increasingly reject neoliberal models and aging authoritarian leaders.<\/p>\n

Leaders like Burkina Faso\u2019s Ibrahim Traor\u00e9 \u2014 though controversial \u2014 embody a political mood that prioritizes sovereignty over foreign approval.<\/p>\n

As Alasow notes:<\/p>\n

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\u201cPeople care less about how leaders come to power, and more about whose interests they defend once in office. The neocolonial order is in crisis \u2014 it no longer holds legitimacy.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The Road Ahead<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The crises in Tanzania, Cameroon, and C\u00f4te d\u2019Ivoire represent the collapse of bourgeois democracy under inequality, corruption, and foreign dependency. Elections continue \u2014 but the democratic substance has evaporated.<\/p>\n

Real political transformation will require:<\/p>\n

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    popular sovereignty<\/strong>,<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    organized mass movements<\/strong>,<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    economic independence<\/strong>, and<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    a break from imperialist structures<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    As the Socialist Movement of Ghana reminds us, democracy is meaningful only when power flows from the people \u2014 not from multinational boardrooms, foreign embassies, or entrenched elites.<\/p>\n

    Africa\u2019s future will not be shaped by the aging autocrats clinging to their palaces nor the technocrats who serve global capital.<\/p>\n

    It will be shaped by a generation that refuses to be silenced<\/strong> \u2014 a generation ready to reclaim democracy, rebuild sovereignty, and forge a future rooted in justice, dignity, and people\u2019s power.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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