The Africa Governance Report Contents LIST OF ACRONYMS 6 AU ASSEMBLY DECISION ON THE STATE OF GOVERNANCE IN AFRICA 8 FOREWORD BY CHAIRPERSON OF THE AFRICAN PEER REVIEW FORUM 9 PREFACE 10 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 11 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 12 SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS 15 CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 The Concept of Governance 1.2 Background and Context of the Africa Governance Report 1.3 Purpose of the Africa Governance Report 1.4 Methodology of the Africa Governance Report 1.5 The Mandate and Purpose of the APRM as an AU Structure 21 21 21 22 23 23 CHAPTER 2: THE AFRICAN GOVERNANCE POLICY FRAMEWORK 2.1 Constitutive Act of the African Union 2.2 African Union Shared Values 2.3 The Structures of African Governance 27 27 27 28 CHAPTER 3: TRANSFORMATIVE LEADERSHIP 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Overview of Trends in Transformative Leadership 3.3 Characteristics of African Transformative Leadership 3.4 Assessing Governance Performance at Continental Level 3.5 Challenges in Transformative Leadership 3.6 Recommendations on Transformative Leadership 33 33 33 34 35 36 36 CHAPTER 4: CONSTITUTIONALISM AND THE RULE OF LAW 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Principal African Union Instruments on Constitutionalism and the Rule of Law 4.3 The Parameters for Measurement of Constitutionalism and the Rule of Law 4.4 The Practice of Constitutionalism and the Rule of Law in AU Member States 4.5 Achievements in African Constitutionalism and the Rule of Law 4.6 Challenges to Constitutionalism and the Rule of Law 4.7 Recommendations for Strengthening Constitutionalism and the Rule of Law 41 41 41 46 46 51 51 53 CHAPTER 5: PEACE, SECURITY AND GOVERNANCE 5.1 Introduction 5.2 The Interrelationship between Peace, Security and Governance 5.3 African Union Instruments on Peace, Security, and Governance 57 57 57 57