Bonn: German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE)
Sub-Saharan Africa comprises 48 states at various stages of social, economic and political development. Despite the heterogeneity of these countries, the following general developments relating to statehood and governance in the past 15 years can at least be identified:
Such pan-African initiatives as the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) and the African Union (AU) have done away with the political taboo of interference in internal affairs; it is no longer an accepted justification for inaction.