Interview with Cheick Sidi Diarra
Cheick Sidi Diarra, UN special adviser on Africa, reflects on 50 years
Magazine
August 2010
cover story
Weighing
a half
century of
independence
Beyond ‘heady days’ and sobering reality lies great untapped potential
Photo: United Nations
Special feature: Africa at 50
A half century of change
Fifty years of African independence in numbers
Ghana’s economy: hope rekindled
Ups and downs give way to cautious revival
Good governance: central to all progress
Autocracy gives way to multi-party elections and greater openness
African media breaks ‘culture of silence’
Journalists struggle to give voice, expand freedoms
African women’s long walk to equality
Some gains, but an uphill climb still looms
A ‘wind of change’ that transformed the continent
Year of independence promoted African freedom struggles
Visions of independence, then and now
Where Africa's first generation of leaders saw their countries going
Also
In poverty battle, a few reasons to smile
Despite spots of success, greater efforts are needed
Africa’s hard road to the Millennium Development Goals
Sobering numbers, but some bright spots
For African business, ending corruption is ‘priority number one’
UN Global Compact urges companies to operate ethically
