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China in the heart of Africa
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Africa in Brief
2 Sep 2016UN exposes armies using child soldiers
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A new anti-poverty remedy for Africa?
2 Sep 2016At the end of the 1990s, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund announced a shift in...
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Famine spreads across Africa
2 Sep 2016On a scale not seen in Africa in nearly two decades, famine is once again stalking the continent....
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Casamance women march for peace
2 Sep 2016For two decades, Senegal's southern region of Casamance has been afflicted by war, as government...
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Are women better peacemakers?
2 Sep 2016Are women naturally more peaceful than men, and therefore better peacemakers? Not necessarily,...
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African women struggle for a seat at the peace table
2 Sep 2016The Hutu women of Busoro, near the Burundi capital, Bujumbura, are separated from their Tutsi...
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Africa pushes for better aid quality
1 Sep 2016To make the best use of limited aid flows to Africa, the continent's leaders are calling on donors...
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'Africa has come of age'
1 Sep 2016Nearly a year after the UN General Assembly first endorsed the New Partnership for Africa's...
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Agriculture: Africa's 'engine for growth'
1 Sep 2016After decades of economic stagnation and with the number of chronically malnourished people now...
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Farmers embrace African 'miracle' rice
1 Sep 2016When drought came two years ago to Zaguiguia, in western Côte d'Ivoire, only one variety of rice...
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