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African governance 'is improving' |
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Written by Administrator
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Oct 06, 2008 at 02:56 PM |
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Nearly two-thirds of sub-Saharan African countries have improved their governance, according to a new index.
The Ibrahim index, based on data from 2006, listed Mauritius as the best-governed out of 48 countries Liberia as the most improved.
Somalia is ranked last, a place behind the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The index is funded by Mo Ibrahim, an entrepreneur and philanthropist who has also set up a $5m annual prize for retired African leaders.
The BBC's East Africa correspondent Peter Greste says the bottom and top-ranked countries are no great surprise, but there does seem to be an unexpected rise in the standards of governance and the category with the biggest improvement - human rights.
'Real story'
Mr Ibrahim said 31 out of 48 countries had recorded improvements in areas like safety and security, human rights, and the rule of law.
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