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Thursday, August 26, 2010

Sub-Saharan Africa is speeding towards affluence

Julio Godoy (IPS)-- Africa is heading towards a bright economic future, according to a new book co-authored by the former director of the French state agency for economic cooperation and released recently in Paris.

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Wednesday, July 28, 2010

No woman should die giving life, no man should watch women die!

(Irũngũ Houghton)-- When the East African caravan set out for Kampala from Nairobi on 3 July, little did they imagine they would capture the attention of thousands of men and women across East Africa and elsewhere in Africa. As they travelled the thousands of kilometres through Arusha, Mwanza, Kigali, Kabale, Masaka, Mbarara and Kampala, the testimonies they heard in towns, villages, dispensaries and hospitals has brought urgency to the horrific statistics.

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Tuesday, May 18, 2010

The CFA franc: Enduring emblem of colonisation

(Zerbo)-- ‘Colonies Françaises d’Afrique’ or ‘Communauté Financière Africain’: same acronym, same reminder of the colonies we were, and of the neo-colonial system we are confined in. An acronym and system taped to our backs by decree, on Christmas Day, 1945.

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Tuesday, February 02, 2010

What does it take to be a President of Africa?

(David Osiany)--As the assembly of African Union heads of States opens in Addis Ababa this weekend, African leaders will be required to select a chairperson of the Union for 2010. Up to the very last moment, lobbying will take place.

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