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africa & democracyFrom Angola to Somalia, Rwanda to Zimbabwe, conflict and poverty scar Africa. But Africans everywhere are investing huge energies in search of democratic change and social betterment. openDemocracy writers examine the new worlds of an old continent.
Behind the transport of elephants in southern Malawi is injustice, conflict, and lost opportunity
Rwanda's genocide tribunal ends its life with a cloud over its honourable reputation
The political leader of Africa's youngest state has transformed hope into nightmare
An exposure of corruption in Kenya is outfoxing an unofficial ban to find its way to the country
The experience of poor farmers in Kenya is a lesson in the need for an anti-corruption revolution
The process of creating new governance rules in Africa will also render coups obsolete
The ANC will win a fourth triumph - yet its political dominance is ending
Ethiopia's desire to project an image of a dynamic country led to callous denial of the reality of famine
The coup that ousted an elected president reflects tensions rooted in colonial history
A new alignment of forces is a moment of opportunity and danger in the shattered country
A military offensive against Uganda's rebels has undone two years of gains and cautious progress
The Somali conflict is entering a new phase. After two locust years, three possible outcomes
The hijacking of international vessels off the Horn of Africa reflects the world's neglect of Somalia
An eruption of war is rooted in the complex recent politics of an unsettled region
South Africa's former president is seen differently at home and abroad. A key to understanding him?
More drug-trafficking networks in west Africa plus state corrosion equal the region’s first narco-state
The failure of power-sharing in Zimbabwe is the result of South Africa's own "regime change"
The argument over whether to indict Sudan's president turns on the character of his regime
The clear victory of Angola's ruling party is a story of history, politics, power - and oil
China embraces the world. But from Beijing to Nairobi there is turmoil beneath the harmony
Ignoring gender issues in development hinders progress in tackling inequality and injustice
In a hard corner of southern Ethiopia, the multiple causes of the global food crisis converge
Robert Mugabe’s coronation is the time to start preparing in detail for the aftermath of his regime
African civil-society leaders call for a free election process and an end to violence in Zimbabwe
Regime violence has killed the election. A Harare voice looks to the region for hope
The International Criminal Court is five years old. Is it holding violators to account?
Tokyo was once the unsung hero of African development. China's arrival changes everything
The wave of anti-immigrant in South Africa reflects both local politics and global economics
South Africa's shifting attitude towards Zimbabwe may have decisive effects in both countries
Rwanda’s people, refusing to be trapped in or defined by the 1994 genocide, write a new chapter in their history
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