Long Man dictionary of contemporary English defines security “as things that are done in order to keep someone or something safe” Political security therefore connotes, keeping the political process or atmosphere free from attack or harm from within and outside the system. The idea of political security in Africa becomes more pronounced because political insecurity has threatened the existence of countries, right from 1960 to date manifesting itself in different faces and facets sometimes called social-unrest , ethnic clashes, political repression, religions violence, and suppression of fundamental human rights, all of which if critically examined have political undertones. The following articles from the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights speak to this linkage between democracy and human rights: