Ghana’s Uncertain Political Opening

Since the mid-2000s, democratization in Africa has faltered, in large part due to its elites’ waning commitment to democracy.

A group of countries in sub-Saharan Africa are showing they can sustain economic growth, reduce poverty, and achieve better governance at the same time.

Since a tenuous political opening a decade ago, the Mubarak regime has systematically asphyxiated democracy in Egypt.