Tag: Willingness

COVID-19: Ghanaians willingness to accept Security-related restrictions widespread – Afrobarometer

Most Ghanaians are willing to accept restrictions on their freedom of movement, such as curfews and roadblocks, in times of security threats. That’s the finding of a national Afrobarometer survey conducted in late 2019, before the current COVID-19 pandemic and its attendant lockdown in Greater Accra and the Ashanti region. […]

Africa’s Closing Political Space Marked By Less Freedom, Willingness To Trade Liberties For Security

Africans see their individual freedoms diminishing, and many are willing to give up at least some liberties in the name of security, new Afrobarometer survey findings indicate. The fifth of Afrobarometer’s Pan-Africa Profiles, based on recent public-opinion surveys in 34 countries, reports that in most African countries, citizens’ assessments of […]