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Japan: Africa’s subtle but effective partner

12 Apr 2013

JICA President, Akihiko Tanaka. Photo: Africa Renewal/Bo Li

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UN helps foreign fighters head home

19 Jan 2012

The first few haggard Rwandan rebels started to trickle out of the Congolese forests of North Kivu...

With money to invest, Kenyans say no thanks to banks

19 Jan 2012

Across the continent, Africans are saving and investing more of their own money but you won’t find...

Africa on the road to recovery

19 Jan 2012

Prospects are looking up again for African economies. With 2009 now over, so seem to be the...

Africans reach out in solidarity with Haiti

A woman walking through the rubble in downtown Port au Prince
18 Jan 2012

A woman walking through the rubble in downtown Port au Prince, shortly after the earthquake:...

Africa seeks to tap its diaspora

Obiagali Ezekwesili, the World Bank’s vice president for Africa
18 Jan 2012

“It is important to look strategically at the diaspora’s role in African development,” Obiagali...

Uniting against terrorism across the Sahara

Seven governments are combining efforts to counter terrorist groups
18 Jan 2012

Seven governments in the Sahara-Sahel region are combining efforts to counter terrorist groups,...

Despite recovery, Africa needs more jobs, says ECA

Harvesting sorghum in Sudan
18 Jan 2012

Harvesting sorghum in Sudan: By investing in labour-intensive sectors like agriculture and agro-...

Cameroon celebrates its 50th anniversary

Cameroon’s 50th anniversary of independence
18 Jan 2012

School children march in celebrations marking Cameroon’s 50th anniversary of independence....

Darfur: another tough job for Ibrahim Gambari

Ibrahim Gambari, head of the Darfur peacekeeping mission
18 Jan 2012

When veteran United Nations trouble-shooter Ibrahim Gambari was named head of the joint African...

Women, peace and security, 10 years on

Female police officers from Rwanda arrive in Darfur, Sudan
17 Jan 2012

In October 2010 more than 600 Congolese women and girls were reportedly raped along the border...