Western-style multi-party democracy is possible but not suitable for Africa.
To be sure, dictators are crafty, evil geniuses with awesome firepower at their disposal. They are also brutally efficient at intimidation, terrorism, and mass slaughter. However, a force is able to dominate because the counterforce is either nonexistent or weak.
What Africa needs to do is to grow, to grow out of debt.
Africa is poor because she is not free.
Socialism is always wrong.
Look at the history of peace accords in Africa. They have a terrible record. They are shredded even before the ink on them is dry.