Africa
Asia's Lessons for African Development Strategies
Asia's Lessons for African Development Strategies
Africa Needs Sustainable Growth AccelerationMost countries in Africa have seen remarkable economic growth. Real GDP has grown steadily since 2000; the annual growth rate of even non-resource countries has exceeded…
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New signs of Mugabe crackdown in Zimbabwe
New signs of Mugabe crackdown in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's government staged separate police raids on Thursday against the main opposition party, foreign journalists and at least one democracy advocate, raising the specter of a broad crackdown aimed at…
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Zimbabwe state-run paper predicts a runoff
Zimbabwe state-run paper predicts a runoff
HARARE, Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe's state-run newspaper, The Herald, reported Wednesday morning that "the pattern of results in the presidential election shows that none of the candidates will garner more than 50%…
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Zimbabwe: Prospects from a Flawed Election
Zimbabwe: Prospects from a Flawed Election
Pretoria/Brussels, 20 March 2008: The international community needs to have contingency plans ready in anticipation of rigged elections in Zimbabwe on 29 March that could precipitate a potentially violent crisis.…
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Sudan and Chad sign peace pact
Sudan and Chad sign peace pact
DAKAR, Senegal: President Omar Hassan al-Bashir of Sudan and President Idriss Déby of Chad on Thursday signed a peace agreement meant to end cross-border rebel attacks in a region that…
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Beyond Sudan's Latest North-South Crisis
Beyond Sudan's Latest North-South Crisis
Nairobi/Brussels, 13 March 2008: Sudan’s North-South peace will remain at risk and Darfur will be unsolvable unless the parties to the 2005 Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) and the international community…
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Darfur's return to hell
Darfur's return to hell
Children raped. Homes looted. Villages torched. And thousands forced to flee aerial bombings– three months after UN took over peacekeeping The conflict in Darfur has entered a violent and deadly…
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Prime minister upbeat on Kenya's power-sharing compromise
Prime minister upbeat on Kenya's power-sharing compromise
NAIROBI: Raila Odinga is a happy man. On Sunday, he went to the beach and was pictured on the front page of Kenya's leading newspaper, The Daily Nation, lounging by…
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