AfricaFocus (Washington, DC)
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June 18
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Africa: Africa - Key Issues At Rio+20 [analysis]
The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, more commonly known as Rio+20, is in full talking mode this week, although the official summit takes place next week, on... Read more »
June 8
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West Africa: Sahel Food Crisis is Real [analysis]
"The high prices of basic foods are the most alarming feature of the current Sahel crisis, according to the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) of the US Agency for... Read more »
June 4
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Africa: U.S. Faces Pressure to Militarize Africa Policy
"The committee believes that activities that utilize U.S. Special Operations Forces and an 'indirect approach' that leverages local and indigenous forces should be used more... Read more »
May 25
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Africa: G8 Detour On Food Security [analysis]
The Camp David summit of the G-8 countries, held on May 17-18, announced a "New Alliance for Food Security and Nutrition," pitched as potentially raising 60 billion people out of... Read more »
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Africa: Food Security and Human Development [analysis]
"This [Africa Human Development] Report argues that subSaharan Africa can extricate itself from pervasive food insecurity by acting on four critical drivers of change: greater... Read more »
May 18
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Africa: Jobs, Justice, and Equity [analysis]
"The extreme pessimism surrounding Africa a decade ago was unwarranted. So, too, is the current wave of blinkered optimism. Real gains have been made, but governments and their... Read more »
May 10
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Africa: Decisive Year for Global Fund [analysis]
"We write as global health groups, communities affected by HIV, TB, and Malaria, and researchers from around the world to urge you not to undermine the founding principle of a... Read more »
May 7
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Sierra Leone: Resisting Land Deals [analysis]
"While the government of Sierra Leone says it is now supporting farmers with its smallholder commercialization program, at the same time it is promoting massive foreign direct... Read more »
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Africa: Africa - Pushing Land Deals [analysis]
"Whereas WBG's [the World Bank Group's] mandate is to 'reduce poverty and improve living standards through sustainable development and investment in people,' its work largely... Read more »
April 25
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Congo-Kinshasa: Call for Real Security Reform [analysis]
An impressive array of Congolese and international civil society organizations have issued a new call for real security sector reform in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to be... Read more »
April 19
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Malawi: Hope in a New Start [analysis]
Supporters of democracy and women's rights have good reason to celebrate the peaceful succession in Malawi, in which Vice-President Joyce Banda took office despite fears that she... Read more »
April 11
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Africa: Issues for the World Bank
Despite the tilted voting structure and the likely victory of the candidate nominated by U.S. President Obama, the contest for the new World Bank president, who will be chosen next... Read more »
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Africa: 'New Structural Economics'
"I believe that every developing country, including those in Sub-Saharan Africa, can grow at 8 percent or more continuously for several decades, significantly reducing poverty and... Read more »
April 5
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Africa: Africa - Brics Stepping Up On Global Health [analysis]
When the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) countries met for their fourth summit in New Delhi last month, the event attracted little attention from the Western... Read more »
March 30
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Congo-Kinshasa: Democracy Still Deferred [analysis]
African and world leaders have celebrated the democratic election in Senegal this month, and moved quickly to condemn the coup in Mali, urging a return to democratic rule. Read more »
March 22
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Africa: Europe Offers Africa 'Poisoned Chalice'
"EPA [Economic Partnership Agreement], as currently designed, is a poison chalice. Fragmenting Africa and ramming through deadly trade arrangements in a manner that undermines... Read more »
March 16
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Central Africa: Kony 2012, Military Realities [analysis]
"Chasing the leaders, which seems to be the strategy preferred by both the Ugandan People's Defence Force and the US military, is a hit or miss approach that will call down more... Read more »
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Africa: Kony 2012, Selected Reflections
"The reason why the LRA continues is that its victims - the civilian population of the area - trust neither the LRA nor government forces. Sandwiched between the two, civilians... Read more »
March 7
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Africa: Court Rules for Boat Migrants' Rights
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the rights of a group of Somali and Eritrean nationals who were intercepted by Italian Customs boats and returned to Libya in 2009... Read more »
March 3
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Africa: Funding Slowdowns Hit Aids Programs [analysis]
In the last 15 years, AIDS activists and medical professionals, in Africa and around the world, have won the recognition that the fight against AIDS, which disproportionately... Read more »
February 24
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Senegal: Democracy or Gerontocracy?
A divided opposition and support from rural areas may yet enable aging and intransigent President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal to win a third term, with a majority in the first round... Read more »
February 15
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Africa: Social Media Updates
Although the #OccupyNigeria protests failed to gain a complete rollback of the price increase in petrol last month, they clearly had significant impact. In addition to a partial... Read more »
February 10
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Africa: Brain Drains in Context
Topics linked to migration, such as remittances and brain drains, have attracted increasing attention in discussions of development. But such specific issues should be considered... Read more »
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Africa: Counting the Costs of Brain Drain
According to a study published in the British Medical Journal in November 2011, nine sub-Saharan countries (Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia... Read more »
February 6
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Africa: Paying for Health [analysis]
"Simply put, if we allow the fund to fail, many people will die, and we will forfeit the chance at the "AIDS-free generation" that U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called... Read more »
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