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    The Wall Street Journal‏Verified account @WSJ 7 Dec 2014

    In 1994, 18 of Africa’s 48 countries were electoral democracies. Two decades later, only 19 qualify.http://on.wsj.com/1wjFI7B 

    4:37 PM - 7 Dec 2014
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      1. Carlos Vargas‏ @carlosavargas 7 Dec 2014
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        Hunger and democracy don't match. “@WSJ: In 1994, 18 of Africa’s 48 countries were democracies. Now only 19 qualify: http://on.wsj.com/1wjFI7B ”

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      1. 宮澤 望‏ @yuakira1 7 Dec 2014
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        1994年にはアフリカ48カ国のうち18カ国が選挙で選ばれる民主主義の国だった。 20年たった今、経済は成長したが、民主国家は19カ国と殆ど増えず。軍政復活b@WSJ @iwakamiyasumi #飛べサル http://on.wsj.com/1wjFI7B 

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      1. Brad Barnes‏ @BradBarnes17 7 Dec 2014
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        @WSJ American democracy started with 1606 Virginia Charter: 2 decades is a drop in the bucket; give Africa time to get strong!

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      1. Deepak Kanungo‏ @deepakkanungo 7 Dec 2014
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        @WSJ That is bad. Still Africa is growing.

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      1. Sam Chang‏ @tienshuang 7 Dec 2014
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        @WSJ Negative Vote is a vote against a candidate. This can improve all democracies. http://www.facebook.com/groups/NegativeVote/ …

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      1. Ruth Tarantine‏ @ratarantine 7 Dec 2014
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        “@WSJ: In 1994, 18 of Africa’s 48 countries electoral democracies. Two decades later, only 19 qualify. http://on.wsj.com/1wjFI7B ”#DEMOCRACY

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      1. Oceandrive‏ @OceanDrive 7 Dec 2014
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        “@WSJ: In 1994, 18 of Africa’s 48 countries were electoral democracies. - just let them do their own thing !!!

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      1. Black_Raven135‏ @RosaleeAdams 7 Dec 2014
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        @WSJ Africa is its own worse enemy...

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      1. Oceandrive‏ @OceanDrive 7 Dec 2014
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        “@WSJ: In 1994, 18 of Africa’s 48 countries were electoral democracies. -electoral democracies are not for everyone!

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      1. tdurham‏ @tdurham 7 Dec 2014
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        Sadness “@WSJ: In 1994, 18 of Africa’s 48 countries were electoral democracies. Two decades later, only 19 qualify. http://on.wsj.com/1wjFI7B ”

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      1. E.J Alozie-Nwagboso (Ebube Agu)‏ @Enwagboso 7 Dec 2014
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        @WSJ Please, can you help my Nigeria political office campaign? Thank you.Paypal to ejyke20@hotmail.com

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      1. Anthony J Bruno‏ @ajbruno14 7 Dec 2014
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        @WSJ Democracies take hard work, including elected official being submissive to the people who put them in office. A difficult task!

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      1.  🐶 🍑B&J 🍑 🐶‏ @LindaLindae9 7 Dec 2014
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        @WSJ @drewfhinshaw shows the selfishness of man!

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