This week, the Mo Ibrahim Foundation released its 2024 Ibrahim Index of African Governance which assesses governance performance in Africa. The report, which covers the decade 2014-2023, says governance progress in Africa was halted with the deterioration of security and democracy on the continent. On the brighter side, the Index says 13 countries managed to follow a successful course of overall progress in governance over the decade. Joseph Asunka, an expert panel member of the Mo Ibrahim Index of African Governance and the CEO of the Afrobarometer, tells VOA’s James Butty, the 2024 report is a sobering reminder of the threat that security crises and a shrinking environment for democracy poses for Africa’s progress