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Africa: Democracy Means Building and Connecting People As Well As Institutions - Lessons From Sudan

[African Arguments] Democracy by the United Nations' definition is founded upon the principle 'that the will of the people is the source of legitimacy of sovereign states.'

Source: allAfrica.com

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