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Africa Renewal: April 2005

Combating Africa’s ‘silent tsunamis’

Donor momentum builds for greater aid to the continent

By Ernest Harsch
Global AIDS treatment drive takes off

Rapid increase in number of people receiving ARV medicines

By Michael Fleshman
Getting to the heart of the matter

An interview with Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai

By Africa Renewal
Peace pact raises hope in Senegal

After 22 years, Casamance war is winding down

By Ernest Harsch
Tough UN line on peacekeeper abuses

Action initiated to end sexual misdeeds in peacekeeping missions

By Michael Fleshman
African economic forecasts are brighter

But estimates vary and uncertainties abound

By David Mehdi Hamam

New urgency for cancelling Africa’s debt

G-8 powers consider full write-off of multilateral obligations

By Gumisai Mutume

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