AfricaFocus (Washington, DC)
Website: http://www.africafocus.org/
October 13, 2011
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Africa: Africa - Migration, Inequalities And Human Rights [analysis]
Issues related to the situation of refugees and other migrants are hotly contested in locations as diverse as Libya, South Africa, Kenya, Western Europe, and the United States.... Read more »
October 07, 2011
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Sudan: Civil War in the North?
"New thinking is required to take into account a Khartoum regime now in the hands of Sudan Armed Forces generals, a unifying opposition that seeks regime change, and an... Read more »
October 04, 2011
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Africa: New Economic Crisis On the Way
"It is now clear that the world is slipping -- or has already slipped -- into a new economic downturn, and that this will have serious consequences for the developing countries.... Read more »
September 19, 2011
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Africa: Observations & Questions
As was the case for Tunisia and Egypt, there has been no shortage of day-to-day news coverage (often contradictory) and impassioned international policy debate on the Libyan... Read more »
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Libya: What Does Gaddafi's Fall Mean for Africa?
"Whereas the fall of Mubarak and Ben Ali directed our attention to internal social forces, the fall of Gaddafi has brought a new equation to the forefront: the connection between... Read more »
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Libya: Fall of Gaddafi - Lessons for Africa
"That the West has always had a nefarious agenda in Africa is not news--we all remember the slave trade, colonialism, and structural adjustment. But we give the West too much power... Read more »
September 12, 2011
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Africa: Dead End for Diamond Monitoring?
According to a new analysis from Partnership Africa Canada, the Kimberley Process, a joint government-industry-civil society group intended to monitor "conflict diamonds" is... Read more »
August 29, 2011
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Africa: China/Africa - Development Lessons, 1 [analysis]
--"A consensus is building, in both private and official appraisals, and in OECD as well as emerging market countries, that Africa will be the next big emerging region. It is... Read more »
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Africa: China/Africa - Development Lessons, 2 [analysis]
"The prospects for economic transformation have never been better in Africa. The higher growth performance in the last decade in Africa reflects an underlying trend towards... Read more »
August 18, 2011
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Africa: New Data On African Immigrants to U.S.
"From 1980 to 2009, the African-born population in United States grew from just under 200,000 to almost 1.5 million. Today, Africans make up a small (3.9 percent) but growing share... Read more »
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Africa: USA/Africa - Wage Penalties for Black Immigrants [analysis]
The popular discussion of black immigrants often exaggerates their achievements and denigrates U.S.-born blacks. One regularly hears asked, "Why do black immigrants do better than... Read more »
August 05, 2011
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East Africa: Responding to Famine
It is difficult to get beyond dichotomies. Either focus on responding to undeniably massive life-threatening famine or on understanding the multiple causes and the reasons that it... Read more »
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