{"id":166720,"date":"2024-03-29T13:25:15","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T13:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/29\/ghana-leads-african-democracies-but-faces-challenges\/"},"modified":"2024-03-29T13:25:15","modified_gmt":"2024-03-29T13:25:15","slug":"ghana-leads-african-democracies-but-faces-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/29\/ghana-leads-african-democracies-but-faces-challenges\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana leads African democracies, but faces challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Ghana is among the top four countries in Africa practising democracy, according to a report by Prof. Larry Diamond, a Democracy Scholar at Hoover Institute and Stanford University.<\/p>\n<p>The report indicates that Ghana leads all African countries in terms of democracy with a score of 78%, followed by Botswana with 58%, Mauritius in third place with 52%, and South Africa in fourth position with 43%.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview on <strong>The Point of View<\/strong> on <strong>Citi TV<\/strong> about Africa\u2019s best democracies, Prof. Diamond said, \u201cWell the ones I think people would cite are the two oldest, Mauritius and Botswana, and the two main liberal democracies of any significant size are South Africa and Ghana.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While acknowledging the democratic progress made by these countries, he expressed concern over the gradual decline in the practice of democracy in these nations.<\/p>\n<p>Prof. Diamond attributed the decline of democracy in these countries to perceived corruption, poor governance, and ensuing political unrest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut each of the four is showing some significant erosion, both in popular evaluation of how democracy is doing in each of these four countries. And concerns about the government\u2019s performance, corruption and so on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd so, this is part of concerns, you look at the four kinds of longest standing most liberal democracies in Africa including Ghana, they are not doing as well in the public evaluation,\u201d Prof. Larry Diamond stated.<\/p>\n<p>He affirmed that electoral observers have faith in Ghana\u2019s electoral process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think most of the observers have confidence in the electoral administration. And they believe Ghana will emerge from the selection secured in a status of vigorous electoral democracy in which elections were free and fair and whoever got the most votes was elected president.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u2014\u2014<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Explore the world of impactful news with CitiNewsroom on WhatsApp!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Click on the link to join the Citi Newsroom channel for curated, meaningful stories tailored just for YOU: https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaCYzPRAYlUPudDDe53x<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>No spams, just the stories that truly matter! #StayInformed #CitiNewsroom #CNRDigital<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana is among the top four countries in Africa practising democracy, according to a report by Prof. Larry Diamond, a Democracy Scholar at Hoover Institute and Stanford University. 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