2008～2009年年中可以说是非洲政治发展波折不断的一段时期，非洲政局在总体稳定的同时也出现了不少令人担忧的事件，如肯尼亚选举后的动荡、南非排外暴力事件、索马里猖獗的海盗以及一些国家的政权“非程序更迭”等等。但与此同时，在悲情和曲折的湍流之下涌动的仍是非洲国家和人民谋求稳定发展和联合自强的不懈努力。无论是加纳、南非大选的顺利举行，津巴布韦联合政府的组建，还是非洲一体化的长足进展以及国际打击索马里海盗的努力，都表明非洲的政治发展是在曲折中前进，在挫折中成长。
From the beginning of 2008 until the middle of 2009，it is a period that many twists and turns happened in African political development. Even though the general situation in Africa remains stable during the time，there are many unhappy things appeared as well，such as the chaos in post-election Kenya，xenophobia in South Africa，wild piracy at offshore of Somalia and the military coups as well as the unconstitutional“regime change”，etc. However，in the meanwhile，beneath of the sorrow stories and setbacks，there are endless endeavors devoted by African countries and their people for seeking stability and collective self-reliance. No matter the smooth elections taken place in Ghana and South Africa，the establishment of coliation government in Zimbabwe，or the rapid development of African regional integration as well as the joint crackdown of Somali piracy，all demonstrate that African political development is still moving forward even though the road ahead is tortuous.
