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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Kaamil Ahmed

Breakdown in global order causing progress to stall in Africa – report

A police officer throws a stone as people into a building for cover
Police and protesters clash in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The report cited DRC as one of 11 countries on a ‘decade-long trend of deterioration’. Photograph: John Wessels/AFP/Getty Images

The global rise of populism and “strongmen” has led to an increase in authoritarianism in Africa that is holding back progress in governance, the businessman and philanthropist Mo Ibrahim has said.

According to the latest edition of the Ibrahim index of African governance, 78% of Africa’s citizens live in a country where security and democracy deteriorated between 2014 and 2023.

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