Africa Renewal: August 2013

Cover Story

A new burst of energy in industrial activity

Reliance on commodities has to stop, says report

Departments

Africa Watch

Ethiopia plans Africa’s biggest dam

Africa Wired

Simple invention brokers peace between humans and wildlife

Also

Influencing policy is ‘not a numbers game’

More women in Africa enter public office, but still wield little power

No place like home

Africa’s skilled labour returns

Most African countries will be middle income by 2040

Interview with Carlos Lopes, executive secretary, Economic Commission for Africa

Shea butter nourishes opportunities for African women

Fair trade brings decent profits to millions

Slippery justice for victims of oil spills

Nigerian villagers lose lawsuit against an oil giant

Conflict Resolution

Intervention brigade: End game in the Congo?

UN peacekeeping task enters a new phase

Uprooting the causes of conflicts

Momentum in post-conflict peacebuilding in Africa

Tapping migration wealth to fund development

African diaspora remittances can reduce poverty
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