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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
Robert Mugabe's
post-election tactics leave Zimbabweans poised between fear and hope
People are losing their fear and voting for change even in Robert Mugabe's political strongholds
Zimbabwe's president turns 84 with a lavish party in his starving country. Wilf Mbanga, former friend turned exiled editor of "The Zimbabwean", writes to him (archive)
The wars provoked by Sudan's revolutionary Islamist regime are failing to deliver the regional control Khartoum seeks
How far were the pogroms prefigured by Kenya’s political elite long before the first ballot was cast?
The French president's view of Africa is rooted in imperial fantasy
The effects of war, poverty and displacement dominate the daily lives
of Somalian women
In an old civilisation's millennium, Tsegaye Gabre-Medhin's voice will be heard (archive)
The implosion of Chad has become part of a wider regional conflict
African political unity is a tough project but one that will not go away
Aid made the G8 headlines, but it is a sideshow alongside the real-world anti-poverty measures people in Africa need
The world wants peace, justice, and greener policies, but how best to engage world leaders in the debate?
The global discourse on Africa is stuck in a comfort-zone that ignores the agency of Africans themselves
Susana T Fried calls on the G8 to help end violence against women and girls - now
Global aid is failing to help the women who most need it. A political shift is urgent
As the 2007 G8 summit approaches, Patricia Daniel sees Angela Merkel at the top and asks, how do women best influence the political agenda - from inside, from outside or through the worldwide web? Read the rest of this post...
The west’s policy in Somalia is fuelling rather than resolving a devastating conflict, says Tom Porteous. Read the rest of this post...
After a messy, tense and violent election campaign, Nigerians still hope for a peaceful transition of power. Godwin Nnanna, in Lagos, reports. Read the rest of this post...
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