Mauritius, Seychelles, Cape Verde, Botswana, South Africa, Namibia, Ghana, Gabon, São Tomé and Príncipe, and Senegal are the 10 best-governed countries in sub-Saharan Africa, according to an index of African governance released Monday by researchers at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard. The worst-governed nations included Nigeria, the Central African Republic, Angola, Sudan, Chad, Congo and Somalia, the index showed. The rankings are based on 2006 data, so they did not reflect the deterioration of conditions in Zimbabwe and Kenya.

Source: CELIA W. DUGGER - New York Times