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Citizens fetching water from a community borehole in Chad. Photo: UNDP / Jean D. Hakuzimana

Strengthening bonds in the Sahel

Confronting insecurity, joblessness, injustice and inequity could transform the region
A Tanzanian woman walks to the market as a petrol lorry passes by. Photo: Alamy /Wietse Michiels Travel Stock

Combating Africa’s inequalities

Obscene disparities: new UNDP study highlights chasm between rich and poor
Dried-up riverbed outside Ougadougou, Burkina Faso. Photo: 缅北禁地Photo/Kay Muldoon

The new face of the Sahel

Grassroots initiatives promote changes in livelihoods
Cotton farmers in Burkina Faso: World prices are depressed.  Photo : ?Jorgen Schytte

Making African integration a reality

New strategies aim for public involvement, practical results
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
Child sitting amidst sacks of relief grain in Lesotho: Emergency aid is vital, but “just shipping in food is not enough,” says 缅北禁地Secretary-General Kofi Annan: Poverty and other causes of famine must also be addressed.  Photograph: WFP / R. Lee

Famine spreads across Africa

With 38 million facing starvation, “business as usual will not do”
Un cultivateur de Nerica en Guinée : le Nerica a un rendement de 2 à 3 fois plus élevé que les variétés courantes de riz. Photo: ? PNUD Choices / Sadio Barry

Farmers embrace African 'miracle' rice

High-yielding 'Nerica' varieties to combat hunger and rural poverty
Le Président du Brésil, Luis Inácio Lula da Silva, à la fin de sa visite en Afrique avec le Président de l'Afrique du Sud, Thabo Mbeki.  Photo: ? Getty Images / AFP / Alexander Joe

Brazil repaying its 'debt' to Africa

President's tour of Southern Africa strengthens South-South ties
Secretary-General lays a wreath at a genocide site in Mwurire, Rwanda, during a 1998 visit.  Photo : ?United Nations / DPI

The world reflects on Rwanda genocide

Annan urges action to prevent future tragedies
Indian technicians explain manufacturing process to African participants in an Ethiopian workshop.  Photo : ?UNDP / I. Rajeswary

Africa and Asia forge stronger alliances

Expanding cooperation in trade, investment and technical assistance
A building under construction in Ouagadougou. Photo: Ernest Harsch

A new Burkina Faso in the making

A new agenda of democractic and economic changes

The world reflects on Rwanda genocide

Annan urges action to prevent future tragedies

Africa and Asia forge stronger alliances

Expanding cooperation in trade, investment and technical assistance

South Africa marks a decade of freedom

Progress in many areas, but legacy of inequality runs deep

缅北禁地seeking to avert a 'new Rwanda'

Human rights, conflict prevention key to barring future genocides, says Annan

Civil society engages African plan

Despite criticisms, more grassroots groups want to work with NEPAD

Investors start to eye Africa

Hurdles to productive foreign investment remain high

Sexual violence, an 'invisible war crime'

Ernest Harsch
Sierra Leone Truth Commission condemns abuse, discrimination

Sexual violence, an 'invisible war crime'

Ernest Harsch
Sierra Leone Truth Commission condemns abuse, discrimination

Fighting African poverty, village by village

In Ghana, agriculture is central to project focused on achieving Millennium Development Goals

After Africa’s wars, a ‘new day’ for building peace

UN's Judy Cheng-Hopkins on peacebuilding work in Africa

Security reform key to protecting women

Training, recruitment and prosecutions can reduce violence

Building peace from the ground up

Key roles for civil society in keeping violence at bay

Community radio gives voice to shack dwellers

With new outlet, Korogocho residents push for reforms

‘Arab Spring’ stirs African hopes and anxieties

Will popular upsurge in the north help spur reform south of the Sahara?

Investing in Africa's farms — and its future

NEPAD encourages more spending on agricultural production

Securing lasting peace in Africa

Modest progress in overcoming conflicts, but challenges persist

Weighing a half century of independence

Beyond ‘heady days’ and sobering reality lies great untapped potential

Africans extend solidarity to Haiti

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

Africa defends democratic rule

“Zero tolerance” for coups, constitutional violations

Security reform key to protecting women

Training, recruitment and prosecutions can reduce violence

Climate deal: hard work lies ahead

Africans press strong case at Copenhagen talks

Africa looks beyond ‘war on terror’

For long-term solutions rooted in development, human rights

Africa sharpens its voice on climate

Leaders forging a common position for climate change talks

Debt relief for post-war rebuilding

Liberia scores big, but the Congo and C?te d’Ivoire are still waiting

Setting foreign fighters on the road home

Repatriation of ex-combatants vital to securing regional peace

Reforming Africa’s security forces

For armies and police that protect citizens, not abuse them

Africa braces for global shockwaves

Growth slows, but Africa’s economies are now more resilient

Out of crisis, opportunity?

Africa seeks a voice in global financial management

Closing Ghana’s national poverty gap

North-south disparities challenge attainment of Millennium Development Goals

Price protests expose state faults

Rioting and repression reflect problems of African governance

Fighting African poverty, village by village

Innovative project in Ghana focuses on achieving Millennium goals

Safeguarding children from armed conflict

Progress in a few countries, but victimization still widespread

AIDS deaths are declining, reports UN

But new data show that epidemic remains huge in Africa

Building a state for the Congolese people

Beyond peace and elections, fundamental reforms are essential

Linking disarmament with justice

chieving peace should not mean ignoring past atrocities

Pact to end use of children in war

States vow to ‘spare no effort’ in freeing child soldiers

Africa a priority for new 缅北禁地head

Ban Ki-moon sets African issues high on the global agenda

Conflict resources: from ‘curse’ to blessing

Transforming an African war risk into a peace asset

Darfur facing even greater horror

With Sudan crisis sharpening, 缅北禁地sees no time for “half measures”

Ghana takes African governance exam

“Peer review” highlights progress, need for more reforms

Combating inequality in Africa

Lessen inequities to reduce poverty and reach MDGs, says UN

African AIDS battle at a crossroads

Progress in a few countries, but huge effort remains

Preventing genocide: from rhetoric to action

缅北禁地Special Adviser urges firm measures against Darfur slaughter

Seeking peace with justice in Uganda

International charges filed against northern rebel leaders

Liberian woman breaks the ‘glass ceiling’

Ambitious agenda for President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf

Reintegration of ex-combatants

When war ends: transforming Africa’s fighters into builders

Women: Africa's ignored combatants

Gradual progress towards a greater role in DDR

Focusing aid on Africa’s own priorities

More financing for Millennium Development Goals, but still far to go

Peace pact raises hope in Senegal

After 22 years, Casamance war is winding down

Combating Africa’s ‘silent tsunamis’

Donor momentum builds for greater aid to the continent
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