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Africa Renewal: April 2002

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A troubled decade for Africa's children

Trapped by poverty, disease, war and insufficient aid
By Michael Fleshman

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Another Africa is possible," declare African civil society groups gathered in Mali (see article "Another Africa is possible"). A strong desire for change is spurring new visions of Africa's political and economic future. Photo : ©Joan Baxter

African Union: a dream under construction

Planners of new continental organization ponder design, encounter scepticism
By Ernest Harsch
In Monterrey: South African President Thabo Mbeki, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo. Photo : ©United Nations

Is African aid set to rise again?

By Tim Wall
More budgetary resources for basic education can benefit all children, not just girls. Photo : ©United Nations / B. Wolff

'Gender budgets' seek more equity

Improved spending priorities can benefit all Africans
By Michael Fleshman
Livelihoods of Senegalese fishermen are threatened by depletion of fish stocks, in part by European trawlers. Photo : ©United Nations

Africa seeks to safeguard its fisheries

By Gumisai Mutume
Two of the central figures at the African Social Forum in Bamako: Ms. Aminata Traoré and Mr. Ahmed Ben Bella. Photo : ©Joan Baxter

Another Africa is possible

By Joan Baxter

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