Conference: democratic governance in Africa

Affiche de la conférence du 20 mars 23 sur la gouvernance de l'Afrique The Laboratoire Population Environnement Développement (LPED), with the support of the Institut des Mondes Africains (IMAF) and the Institut Sociétés en Mutation en Méditerranée (SoMuM), is organizing a hybrid conference on March 20 at 6:00 p.m. on the Saint Charles Campus of Aix-Marseille Université. The conference will focus on the state of play of democratic governance in Africa since 1990 and the political trajectory that the continent is taking. Led by Francis Akindès, professor of political sociology at Alassane Ouattara University in Côte d'Ivoire, this presentation will be discussed with Didier Péclard, professor of political science at the University of Geneva, and debated with the audience. According to the electoral calendar, the African continent will have six presidential elections in 2023. How should we understand Africa in these times of ideological and strategic turmoil?. This conference, made possible thanks to a host fellowship from Aix-Marseille Université for Professor Francis Akindès in France, is a rare opportunity for informed discussion on the current contexts of transitions and political regulation in Africa, even as the continent faces social inequalities, social violence and the impoverishment of its population. What are the possible ways out of the crisis? Francis Akindès is a sociologist.