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Crisis and EU foreign policy / Policy Brief

Supporting Africa's new civil society: the case of Kenya

27/06/2011 By Manuel Manrique

The spread of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and other socio-economic dynamics are contributing to the formation of a new Kenyan civil society. This includes potentially key drivers of democratisation which remain largely invisible to donors. International actors need to re-examine their engagement with civil society in order to support these emerging organisations which may be essential to achieve real democratic consolidation in Kenya and the rest of Africa.

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Keywords

Africa Civil society Democratisation Donors Kenya

Bio author: Manuel Manrique

Development cooperation. Africa-EU relations. Spanish foreign policy towards Africa.