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  1. "When stagnating economies make it harder to sustain popular support and patronage networks, they also face fewer obstacles to using repression to remain in power." theafricareport.com/42006/the-rise-of-africas-new-old-men/
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      "Transfers of power are not a silver bullet of course – they may just involve replacing a good and upstanding leader with a dubious one. But they have been shown to disrupt corruption networks, encourage leaders to respect the rule of law, and boost public support for democracy."
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        "Failure to halt the production line of dictators will mean that in twenty years’ time there will be more young people standing on cars across Africa trying to rid their countries of a new generation of authoritarian old men." Good piece. 'Authoritarian old men' all all over.
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