Dar es Salaam, Tanzaniadespite the country’s erupted with chaos last week in Masasi district, Mtwara region in which four people killed and dozens wounded; Tanzaniahas climbed up The Ibrahim Index African Governance (IIAG’s) making it into the top ten for the first time in its history. It has been established
Over the last six years, Tanzania has climbed up the IIAG’s rankings, making it into the top ten for the first time. Angola, Liberia and Togo have left the IIAG’s group of the ten worst performers. They have been replaced by Eritrea, Guinea Bissau and Nigeria.
Surprisingly, Tanzania has climbed for tenth ranking after an assessment made by the IIAG’s in the following categories Safety and Rule of law, Participation and Human Rights, Sustainable and Economic Opportunity and Human Development.
Although the Tanzanian government faces the stiff challenges and protesting of his natural gas policy, the ongoing land conflicts between pastoralists and farmers, clashes between police and journalists and members of opposition party.
Moreover, the conflict between police and journalists which led to the death of Daud Mwangosi, former Channel Ten TV reporter brought an alarming signal to the government that something ought to be done to resolve the misunderstanding.
Cosmas Bahai from the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS) said that for the last five years the government of Tanzania tried to involved people into the decision making process to ensure the equal participation of the people in the country’s development.
Bahai explained further that the government of Tanzania has improved its relationship and decided to work closer with the private sector especially Non Governmental Organization to protect rights of the people.
“We have seen a tremendously progress in the improving people safety and the rule of law despite some pitfalls of here and there,” Bahai attributed.
He further noted that the regular probe committee and commission to investigate on various saga and public scandals has made the government to scored tenth in the raking of IIAG’s.
Bahai added that President Jakaya Kikwete is working tireless to ensure that there is peace and tranquility in the country while pressing other organ to adhere the rule of law and good governance to foster social and economic development of the people.
The report described that three countries, Angola, Liberia and Togo, no longer feature in the IIAG’s list of the ten worst performers. They have been replaced by Eritrea, Guinea Bissau and Nigeria
At the regional level, over the last six years three of the five regions – West Africa, Central Africa and Southern Africa – have slightly improved their overall governance level. North Africa and East Africa have registered slight declines, more markedly in North Africa.
Interesting is the rise of West Africa which, between 2006 and 2011, overtook North Africa in Safety & Rule of Law, due to North Africa’s sharp decline in this category, and also overtook East Africa in Sustainable Economic Opportunity.
From 2000 to 2011, seven countries have demonstrated a significant improvement in their overall governance score: Liberia, Angola, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia. One country, Madagascar, has significantly declined.
However, while governance continues to improve in many countries, some of Africa’s regional powerhouses – Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa – have shown unfavourable governance performance since 2006.
All four countries have declined in both Safety & Rule of Law and Participation & Human Rights, with particularly noticeable declines in the Participation sub-category. Nigeria, West Africa’s powerhouse, has for the first time this year fallen into the bottom ten governance performers on the continent.
This imbalance in performance between the four categories of the IIAG – with Sustainable Economic Development and Human Development scoring better than Safety & Rule of Law and Participation & Human Rights – was highlighted in the 2010 and 2011 editions of the IIAG, when Egypt, Libya and Tunisia stood out as cases in point.
This characteristic remains an important concern. Over the last six years almost half of the 52 African countries register increased imbalance between the four categories.
Five of the six most imbalanced countries belong to North Africa: Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia. Not only does North Africa remain the most imbalanced region in Africa, it has also experienced the greatest regional governance deterioration since 2006.
However, while governance continues to improve in many countries, some of Africa’s regional powerhouses – Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria and South Africa – have shown unfavourable governance performance since 2006.
This is the sixth year in which we have measured governance outcomes in Africa, looking at both country and regional performances across four major categories – Safety & Rule of Law, Participation & Human Rights, Sustainable Economic Opportunity and Human Development.
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