Focus on Africa - Nigeria, DRC deteriorate in governance ranking
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The 2026 Ibrahim Index of African governance has found broad progress on economic opportunity and human development over the past decade, but also excessive decline in security, human rights and public participation at a time when Africa has suffered global shocks like the COVID-19 pandemic, decrease in development aid and the impact of conflict from across the world.
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Presenter: Nkechi Ogbonna
Producer: Keikantse Shumba
Technical Producer: Maxwell Onyango
Senior Producer: Bella Twine
Editors: Charles Gitonga and Maryam Abdalla
Published on Monday, 2nd November 2026.
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