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The world’s most valuable individual prize, the Mo Ibrahim prize for good governance in Africa, has gone unclaimed for the fourth time in five years. The $5m prize is supposed to be awarded each year to an elected leader who governed well, raised living standards and then left office.

The prize was launched seven years ago by Sudan-born telecoms entrepreneur Mr Ibrahim ln an attempt to encourage African leaders to leave power peacefully.

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