Africa: The Good, the Bad and the Promising of Africa 2019

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Just as it is impossible to describe 'Africa' in a single word, or to visit 'Africa' in a single trip - Africa is not a country, as foreigners so often have to be reminded - it is difficult to sum up a whole year in the life of this continent without resorting to sweeping generalisations.

But it is possible to pick out a few highlights - or lowlights. These are the events that will, when in decades to come historians look back at the year 2019, stand out as seminal moments in the development of politics and economics in Africa.

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