The Freedom House 2010 Report has just been issued, giving scores for Free, Partly Free and Not Free countries as well as a list of Electoral Democracies for the period 1 January-31 December 2009.

Five countries moved from the status of Partly Free to Not Free, including Gabon, Kyrgyzstan and Yemen, all of which have semi-presidential constitutions.

On a happier semi-presidential note, Montenegro was one of two countries to move from the status of Partly Free to Free.

Within these categories, there were also some improvements and disimprovements.

Semi-presidential countries that registered an improvement in their score (but not their Free, Partly Free or Not Free status) were Croatia, Serbia, and Togo.

Those semi-presidential countries with a disimprovement were Kenya, Madagascar, Mozambique, Niger, and the Palestinian Authority.

In terms of electoral democracies, four countries lost this status, including three with semi-presidential constitutions: Madagascar, Mozambique, and Niger.

Other SP resources:

21 October 2009 (Ibrahim Index of African Governance 2009)

16 June 2009 (Afrobarometer)

27 January 2009 (Ireland)

16 January 2009 (Polity 2007 scores)

14 January 2009 (Freedom House report 2009)

18 December 2008 (Togo)

9 October 2008 (Ibrahim Index of African Governance 2008)

29 August 2008 (Elections)

19 May 2008 (Polity 2006 scores)