In recent years，the situation in Africa has characterized with mixed stability and chaos，as well as mingled with hope and fear. In terms of stability and hope，African democratic political development has experienced the test of the election years in 2011 and 2012. Democratic politics is moving forward and becoming more matured than before. In terms of chaos and fear，Libya war，turbulence in North Africa，Mali crisis and other crises. have highlighted the security challenges that Africa is facing now. The current major task for the Continent is how to seek a balance between “independent peacekeeping” and “foreign intervention” and defend Africa’s sovereignty and interests by the greatest extent. Moreover，although the terrorist activities are showing their ugly faces in Africa，particularly in the North and Horn of Africa，Africa can’t exchange its economic development for anti-terror，neither allow the militarization of the Continent. Economically，“growth without development” is not a sustainable model for Africa. In order to maintain the current economic development momentum，Africa must fully exploit its potentialities and adopt a pro-poor and inclusive development model for meeting the challenges in the future.