Is Africa advancing? This was the crisp question we asked ourselves at the Mo Ibrahim shindig in Dar es Salaam two weeks ago. The Prize Committee had been unable to select a winner this year. Time magazine put it succinctly last month: 2009 has been ...
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Joaquim Chissano was in the bush, mediating between a rebel group and a government in northern Uganda, when Kofi Annan announced to the world that Chissano would be the first winner of the Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievemen...
The Ibrahim Index of African Governance, sponsored by prominent businessman Mo Ibrahim, makes fascinating reading. The results have just been published. The BBC reports that Rwanda, in the index, has achieved the "most improved" status. One has to re...
