Stephen O’Brien is the United Nations...
Magazine
August 2011
Cover Story
North African women on the barricades
Activists press for freedom, dignity and rights
Photo:
Associated Press / SIPA / Alfred
Special feature: Women’s empowerment
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‘Renewed energy for women's empowerment’
Interview with head of UN Women in Southern Africa
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After independence, what next for South Sudan?
Building a new nation amidst dire poverty and the scars of war
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‘Arab Spring’ stirs African hopes and anxieties
Will popular upsurge in the north help spur reform south of the Sahara?
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African elections: works in progress
Trends are encouraging, but some polls still fall short
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Peace in Sierra Leone, a project under construction
UN seeks to coordinate support for post-war development
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Global food crisis: time to break the vicious cycle
Delaying reforms will guarantee recurrent surges in food prices
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Microfinance: What role in Africa's development?
Time to reassess the limits and strengths of small-scale lending
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Africa's least developed: lands of opportunity
At the UN conference on LDCs, focus moves away from aid
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‘NEPAD is an African spirit for renewal’
Ten years old, the plan scores some gains, faces key tests
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AIDS breakthrough threatened by budget woes
New discovery brings hope, but will the funds be there?