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Africa: Mo Ibrahim Index Released Indicates Impressive Progress in Africa
The Daily Observer, 5 October 2010
The 2010 Ibrahim Index released yesterday, Monday, shows impressive gains in many African countries in human and economic development but declines in political rights, personal ... read more »
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Nigeria: Nation Slips in 'Good Governance' Ranking
This Day, 4 October 2010
Nigeria has dropped further in the ranking on governance index among countries in Africa. read more »
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Namibia: Govt Scores High on Governance
The Namibian, 5 October 2010
Namibia yesterday retained the sixth spot on the latest Ibrahim Index of African Governance, scoring 67 points out of a possible 100 overall, which is higher than the continental ... read more »
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East Africa: Kenya in Decline on Governance Rating
The Nation, 4 October 2010
Kenya's governance has deteriorated as its East African Community partners Tanzania and Uganda registered tremendous improvement, a continental report indicates. read more »
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Sierra Leone: Latest Assessment of Governance - Nation Ranks 33 Out of 53 African Countries
Concord Times, 5 October 2010
010 Ibrahim Index of African Governance shows that overall governance performance in Africa is being driven by gains in economic and human development but undermined by democratic ... read more »
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Mozambique: Governance Index Ranks Country 20th in Continent
Agencia de Informacao de Mocambique, 5 October 2010
The Mo Ibrahim Foundation has ranked Mozambique in 20th position out of 53 African countries in the 2010 edition of its annual index of African governance. read more »
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Cape Verde: Success Story of Good Governance And Good Food (analysis)
MediaGlobal, 2 October 2010
In Cape Verde popular wisdom has it that "empty sacks have no strength to transport flour" -- hungry people cannot work, hungry children do not learn. With this in mind the small ... read more »
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South Africa: Mbeki Misses Out On Africa Award Again
Business Day, 5 October 2010
FOR two consecutive years, no African leader has been awarded the prestigious 5m Mo Ibrahim Foundation prize for "exceptional leadership". read more »
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Africa: Governance Improves in Liberia, Angola, Togo But Declines in Eritrea, Madasgascar
allAfrica.com, 4 October 2010
Governance standards have improved significantly in Angola, Liberia and Togo over the past four years, but have declined in Eritrea and Madagascar, according to a leading survey ... read more »
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As usual, The Mo Ibrahim Index always fails to incorporate the level of formal education of each Head of State. However, the good news is that " there is also an Impressive Progress in the level of education of African Heads of States as well". With the era of Big Men gone in countries such as Togo, Gabon, ...the education of most Heads of states have improved all over the continent with such good example as in Ghana and Nigerian.
" .. incorporate the level of formal education of each Head of State. .."
Why?
[Let me pose that issue differently: Do you suppose that under that criterion, Naija and your Obadluck would score high - at least for the duration at Aso Rock of his clownish act - popularly referred to as "a tale told by an idiot"? Are you in search of fleeting, feel-good strokes?]
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[Let me pose that issue differently: Would you, an average yahoo, rather starve and/or be raped, tortured and/or be murdered in a land, say like Egypt, led by an educated person?]
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[We doubt that one educated man in a nation can carry and sustain the (prosperity and happiness) flag of the entire nation - at least not beyond his lifetime. So, let me pose that question in a different way: Did you mean to say the level of formal education of the general populace (that is, the nation's literacy rate)?
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