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Africa’s hard road to the Millennium Development Goals

15 Aug 2010

According to various reports by the UN and other organizations,* Africa is facing big challenges...

In poverty battle, a few reasons to smile

15 Aug 2010

Although Africa's "gender gap" remains wide, some countries have made strides in expanding girls'...

A ‘wind of change’ that transformed the continent

15 Aug 2010

A rally in Cape Verde with portraits of Amilcar Cabral and Aristides Pereira, leaders of the...

African women’s long walk to equality

15 Aug 2010

Women in Madagascar benefit from a micro-finance programme: African women’s movements are focusing...

Visions of independence, then and now

15 Aug 2010

Fifty years ago, independent Africa's first generation of leaders had particular visions of where...