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August 2010
Weighing a half century of independence
Beyond ‘heady days’ and sobering reality lies great untapped potential
Special Feature: Africa at 50
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Visions of independence, then and now
Fifty years ago, independent Africa's first generation of leaders had particular visions of where...
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A ‘wind of change’ that transformed the continent
A rally in Cape Verde with portraits of Amilcar Cabral and Aristides Pereira, leaders of the...
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African women’s long walk to equality
Women in Madagascar benefit from a micro-finance programme: African women’s movements are focusing...
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African media breaks ‘culture of silence’
Reading a newspaper in Madagascar: Since the early 1990s, independent newspapers have broken...
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‘A lot of reasons to be optimistic’
Photograph: UN Africa Renewal / Marlene Tremblay-Gervais
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Ghana’s economy: hope rekindled
Drying cocoa in Ghana’s Ashanti Region: Will cocoa, the economy’s mainstay for the past century,...
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Good governance: central to all progress
After decades of military and one-party regimes, more African countries are now holding regular...
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A half century of change
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In poverty battle, a few reasons to smile
Although Africa's "gender gap" remains wide, some countries have made strides in expanding girls'...
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Africa’s hard road to the Millennium Development Goals
According to various reports by the UN and other organizations,* Africa is facing big challenges...
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For African business, ending corruption is ‘priority number one’
Photograph: UN Photo / Paul Filgueiras
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