Which of the following countries is considered to be a democracy? i. kenya ii. sudan iii. south africa a. i. only b. ii. only c. iii. only d. i. and iii. only select the best answer from the choices provided a b c d

D. i. and iii

Explanation:

Kenya's politics has been characterized since independence in 1963 by a highly centralized presidentialist regime, although the multiparty democratic constitution is nominally respected. In fact, the KANU was the majority party and in 1982 the National Assembly amended the constitution, making the country one-party. This state of affairs lasted until 1991, when the Assembly repealed that provision, but in the 1992 and 1997 elections, President Daniel Arap Moi and KANU held respectively the presidential and majority positions in Parliament. South Africa is a constitutional democracy, in the form of a parliamentary republic; unlike most parliamentary republics, the posts of head of state and head of government are merged into a president dependent on parliament. It is one of the few African countries that have never gone through a coup or entered a civil war after the decolonization process, in addition to having regular elections being held for almost a century. The vast majority of South African blacks, however, were completely emancipated only after 1994, after the end of the apartheid regime. During the twentieth century, the black majority struggled to regain their rights, which were suppressed for decades by the white minority, dominant politically and economically, a struggle that played a large part in the country's recent history.