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Does foreign aid to Africa only make matters worse? Will AIDS wipe out a generation? Can Zimbabwe be saved from Robert Mugabe’s misrule? What can stop the genocide in Darfur? How will Africans feed and educate themselves? Does debt relief promote or ultimately hinder economic growth?

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Africa’s Diaspora to the Rescue

Sanou Mbaye Series: Into Africa

2010-01-26

Official statistics for 2009 are likely to show that migrants’ remittances fell sharply, as the global recession severely eroded job opportunities abroad. That makes it all the more important that African countries, many of which have paid a strong groundwork for sustainable growth, have a financial system in place that can leverage remittances effectively as the global economy recovers.... read

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The Rising Sons of North Africa

Wolfram Lacher Series: Into Africa

2009-12-24

Across north Africa - in Algeria, Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia - preparations for dynastic successions appear to be underway. But none of these countries rulers, or their heirs apparent, will admit it, fearing public opposition and, more apparently, resistance from rivals who have much to lose.... read

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Africa’s Stake in the Climate-Change Debate

Graca Machel, Wangari Maathai and Mary Robinson Series: Into Africa

2009-12-02

While industrialized countries worry about how climate-change mitigation will affect their economies, the urgent adaptation needs of the poorest countries have largely been ignored. But, in accordance with the “polluter pays” principle, high-income countries must provide Africa with accessible and dependable funding to support mitigation and adaptation strategies.... read

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Africa at Risk

Meles Zenawi Series: Into Africa

2009-11-26

Climate change will hit Africa – a continent that has contributed virtually nothing to bring it about – first and hardest. Yet some developed countries, which contributed the most to the existing stock of atmospheric greenhouse gases, balk at paying adequate compensation to poor countries and regions, despite paying trillions of dollars to clean up their bankers' mess.... read

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Africa’s Urban Farmers

Juliet Torome Series: Into Africa

2009-10-26

Across Africa, political leaders, long dismissive of rural concerns, have awakened to the importance of agriculture and the role that educated people, even those living in major cities, can play in farming. With prices for basic foodstuffs at their highest levels in decades, many urbanites feel well rewarded by farming.... read

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Stabilizing the Horn

Charles Tannock Series: Into Africa

2009-09-09

After almost two decades as a failed state torn by civil war, perhaps the world should begin to admit that Somalia – as it is currently constructed – is beyond repair. If so, the place to start is the northernmost region, Somaliland, situated strategically at the opening to the Red Sea and already more or less autonomous and stable.... read

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A Less-is-More Growth Strategy for Africa

Thorvaldur Gylfason Series: Into Africa

2009-08-26

If African countries were to adopt only one policy to boost economic growth and improve macroeconomic stability, they should reduce the number of currencies in circulation across the continent as quickly as possible. Currencies, to paraphrase Winston Churchill, are like democracies: the best way to preserve their integrity is to share them.... read

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Sacred Promises

Desmond Tutu Series: Into Africa

2009-07-04

It is an act of grace and great leadership when we keep our promises to the poor, which is why those G-8 countries that are leading the charge for the poorest, especially in Africa, deserve much credit. But we must also be prepared to censure countries like Italy and France for not meeting the pledges they made at the G-8 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland, four years ago. ... read

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Keeping Africa's Turnaround on Track

Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf Series: Into Africa

2009-07-04

MONROVIA – For more than a decade, much of Africa has been moving forward. Economic growth is rising, poverty is falling and democratic governance is spreading. But the global financial crisis threatens to undo this progress by reducing investment, exports and aid just as they should be expanding to build on these successes. ... read

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Obama in Africa	G. Pascal Zachary
On July 10, one very important descendant of black Africa will make a triumphant return to the motherland. But Barack Obama’s visit to Ghana, while heavy on symbolism, reveals the limits of his power: burdened by economic problems in America and wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, he can’t act boldly in Africa or make big promises.... read

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