AFRICAN COUNTRIES BREAKDOWN

Western Aligned-Democracies

1. Benin (Hybrid Regime)
2. Botswana (Flawed democracy)
3. Cabo Verde (Flawed democracy)
4. Comoros (Authoritarian)
5. Democratic Republic of the Congo (Authoritarian)
6. Gambia (Hybrid Regime)
7. Ghana (Flawed Democracy)
8. Kenya (Hybrid)
9. Lesotho (Flawed Democracy)
10. Liberia (Hybrid Regime)
11. Malawi (Hybrid Regime)
12. Mauritius (Full Democracy)
13. Niger (Authoritarian)
14. Nigeria (Hybrid Regime)
15. Sao Tome and Principe
16. Seychelles
17. Sierra Leone (Hybrid Regime)
18. Tunisia
19. Zambia (Hybrid Regime)

Functioning Democracies (Strong affinities with the West)

1. Namibia (Flawed Democracy)
2. South Africa (Flawed Democracy)
3. Senegal (Hybrid Regime)

Non-Democratic or Hybrid Regimes (They are all Western allies with close military ties such as military bases and joint military operations against jihadists)

1. Côte d’Ivoire (Hybrid Regime)
2. Gabon (Authoriarian)
3. Libya (Authoritarian)
4. Chad (Authoritarian)
5. Egypt (Authoritarian)
6. Mauritania (Hybrid Regime)
7. Rwanda (Authoritarian)
8. Somalia

Authoritarian or Hybrid Regimes

1. Algeria* (Authoritarian)
2. Angola (Authoritarian)
3. Burkina Fasi (Authoritarian)
4. Burundi (Authoritarian)
5. Cameroon (Authoritarian)
6. Central African Republic* (Authoritarian)
7. Repiblic of the Congo* (Authoritarian)
8. Equatorial Guinea (Authoritarian)
9. Eritrea (Authoritarian)
10. Madagascar (Hybrid Regime)
11. Mali* (Authoritarian)
12. Mozambique* (Authoritarian)
13. South Sudan
14. Sudan
15. Tanzania
16. Zimbabwe* (Authoritarian)

* Close Military and Ideological Ties with Russia (Going back to the cold war)