In the countries that currently do well on the Ibrahim Index of African Governance – Botswana, Ghana, South Africa, and others – citizens can use the law to protect themselves and their property from illicit encroachment, and to resolve their disputes in an impartial setting. For those at the bottom – Somalia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the Central African Republic – the rule of law is a fiction that must be made real.
在最新的易卜拉欣非洲治理指数（Ibrahim Index of African Governance）中名列前茅的国家——博茨瓦纳、加纳、南非等——公民可以使用法律保护自己和他们的产权不受非法侵占，也可以得到公正的纠纷解决。在该指数垫底的国家——索马里、民主刚果和中非共和国——法治精神仍是一个神话，有待走进现实。