Middle East & Africa | Islands of democracy
Why Africa’s island-states are generally freer
Size is important; so is being an island
CAPE VERDE may be best known for white sand beaches. But the archipelago, about 500km off the coast of Africa, has something else going for it. It is one of the region’s few fully fledged democracies.
This article appeared in the Middle East & Africa section of the print edition under the headline “Islands of democracy”
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