Africa fact of the day

For now, the advance of democracy in Africa appears to have stalled. In 1990, just three of Africa’s 48 countries were electoral democracies, according to Freedom House, a Washington-based pro-democracy advocacy group. By 1994, that number had leapt to 18. Two decades later, only 19 qualify.

That is from Drew Hinshaw and Patrick McGroarty at The Wall Street Journal, the article is interesting throughout.