here's a shocker: an African president is proposing to REDUCE his term in power.http://news.yahoo.com/senegal-leader-offers-reduce-term-example-africa-203908865.html …
@geoffreyyork I think we are going to see backsliding but the general trends are in the direction of more democracy.
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@calestous trends since 1985, yes. But not the trends of the past 5 or 10 years. -
@geoffreyyork Democratic transition is not. Senegal is in fact trying to restore what they had.
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@calestous@geoffreyyork we no doubt have some lingering teething problems but we have made a huge progress post 1985.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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