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Death by mobile
New technology is eating away at old systems of governance in Africa More »
Charles who?
Despite the media furore, it is Charles Taylor who is on trial, not Naomi Campbell More »
Number crunching
Aid agencies mess around with numbers sometimes to make things seem worse but in Somalia, the truth is grim enough More »
Teddy Roosevelt and the march of time
Perhaps it is the erasure of Africa's ancient history that makes the continent seem to move a little faster More »
The UN's report on Rwanda and Congo
(Jason Stearns at Christian Science Monitor)
A new telling of Rwanda's history
(Emily Paddon at The Mark)
Rwanda's laws on "genocide ideology" need reviewing, according to Amnesty International
(Mail & Guardian)
(Yoweri Museveni at Foreignpolicy.com)
Goodluck with the numbers
(Africa Confidential)
Aggression in the International Criminal Court
(Foreign Affairs)
What's wrong with slum tourism?
(The New York Times)
The still-troubled diamond trade
(The Atlantic)
How to counter rape as a weapon of war
(The Guardian/Katine Project)
Make it prettier and cheaper
Architects want to make the city that hosts the African Union so much nicer More »
A small corner of stability
Democracy is flourishing in a breakaway region of north-western Somalia. But independence and investment are yet to follow More »
The price of freedom
Since embracing full democracy 16 years ago, South Africa has made huge strides. But, says Diana Geddes, not everything has changed for the better More »
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