The issue with international institutions is that there is a crisis of legitimacy. Trust in these institutions is a serious problem.

Mo Ibrahim
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  1. If we are to build grassroots respect for the institutions and processes that constitute democracy, the state must treat its citizens as real citizens rather than as subjects.

  2. People never confess to failure. They should.

  3. Increasing extremism - across Africa and the world - must be understood in the context of the failure of our leaders properly to manage diversity within their borders.

  4. Computers are very expensive and they need power, and that can be a problem in Africa.

  5. Many Africans are used to a life where they get up in the morning and don't know what they're going to do that day.

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