Stephen O’Brien is the United Nations...
Magazine
April 2014
Cover Story
Africa flies on a wing and a prayer
Air transport reforms needed to unlock full potential
Photo: Arne Hoel/The World Bank
Infrastructure
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On bumpy roads and rails
Unprecedented investments in Africa’s ground transportation are hardly enough -
Internet access is no longer a luxury
Fibre-optics could leap-frog Africa into the future -
Light at the end of the tunnel
Much ado over Africa’s power sector -
There is energy momentum in Africa
— Kandeh Yumkella -
No longer a curse?
African leaders take action that could transform the mining sector -
There’s no need for more oil wells in Nigeria
Also
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As it plans its own future, Africa engages with the world
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The Special Court for Sierra Leone rests – for good
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Slow but steady walk to democracy
Despite challenges, Mauritania’s democracy spreads -
Central African Republic: killings in the time of transition
Peace eludes a nation in a rocky political transition -
Rising from the ashes
Twenty years after genocide, Rwanda makes huge development strides -
Big dreams for Rwanda’s ICT sector
Success story is grabbing global attention -
Rwanda remembers
How private groups and government try to heal the wounds of genocide -
Hunting for Eurobonds
Views split on sub-Saharan Africa’s debut in the international markets