Sub-Saharan Africa also has high percentages of women in parliament, but the highest rate of GBV.

A recent example is Rwanda where Paul Kagame won with virtually 100% (99.18%) of the vote, mainly because the real opponents were banned from running.

Zimbabwe also scores low on the indicator, judicial constraints on the executive, but much better on the indicator for the power of parliament, legislative constraints on the executive.

Important as dealing with the Gukurahundi is, it is not the only period that requires the attention of the nation going forward, as has been stated on many occasions.5