In a democracy index for sub-Saharan Africa, the Economist Intelligence Unit, our sister organisation, concluded recently that although almost all countries now hold elections, only Mauritius deserves to be rated fully democratic.

• 最近，我们的经济学人调研板块，也就是我们的姊妹板块，对撒哈拉以南非洲地区的民主进程进行了统计，得出的结论是：尽管大部分国家进行了选举，只有毛里求斯才是进行真正的民主进程。