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Africa Renewal

Africa Renewal: April 2010

Cover Story

Young Africans put technology to new uses

Kenyan software a tool for political participation

By André-Michel Essoungou

Also

Millennium Development Goals: time to step up

Some progress in Africa, but more is needed, argues UN Secretary-General

By André-Michel Essoungou
Africa’s displaced people: out of the shadows

African Union convention breaks new ground, but challenges await

By André-Michel Essoungou
Even with peace, Liberia’s women struggle

A conversation with activist Leymah Gbowee

By Michael Fleshman
Africa defends democratic rule

“Zero tolerance” for coups, constitutional violations

By Ernest Harsch
‘Stability is based on democracy’

Interview with Said Djinnit, UN representative on West Africa

By Africa Renewal
A ‘crisis in waiting’ for AIDS patients

Trade rules will make it harder to get cheap generic medicines

By Michael Fleshman
Africa’s disabled will not be forgotten

People with disabilities fight for services, rights, dignity

By Stanley Kwenda
Africans extend solidarity to Haiti

Money, food and medicines from “mother Africa” to her diaspora

By Ernest Harsch

Magazine

Current Issue: December 2019 - March 2020

Theme: Silencing the guns

Realising a conflict-free Africa is the dream of every African. In this edition, we highlight the current hotspots; the root causes of conflicts; the various efforts in search of peaceful co-existence and development and the African Union’s quest for silencing the guns by 2020.

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