Militant Democracy and Transparent Governance towards Promoting Sustainable Development: the case of Some African States

Abstract Militant democracy as a defense for democratic values from autocratic and extremist threats should be backed by legitimate aims. African nations who are desirous for sustainable development shall exhaustively apply consensual part of democracy before using its militant part just for the sake of avoiding violent or terrorist acts of militant democracy measures’ victims. International laws have tended to authorize African nations to employ militant democracy to preserve freedoms and liberty of their citizens. The legitimacy of militant democracy measures can be assured by transparent governance. Legitimate militant democracy and transparent governance have tremendous contributions for African sustainable development.