Africa

Imperfectly, reluctantly, tentatively, democracy is inching across a continent better known for wars, disease, corruption, and repression. Since 1990, 42 of the 48 countries in sub-Saharan Africa have held multiparty elections, the World Bank says. Not since Africans began shaking off colonial rule more than 40 years ago has the continent witnessed such broad political change.

 

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