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Africa

Saharawi refugee Najla Mahamed

Western Sahara Refugees Host International Film Festival in the Desert

Stefan Simanowitz June 2, 2011 Stefan Simanowitz

Western Sahara’s eighth Sahara International Film Festival the world's most remote film festival, took place in early May this year deep in the Algerian desert.

South Africa: Women’s Issues Missing from Election Manifestos

Zukiswa Zimela May 16, 2011 Zukiswa Zimela

Come rain or shine, single mother of five, Sylvia Mathebula,* can be found selling fruit and cigarettes at the roadside because it is the only way her family can survive.

Contaminated water from Barrick Gold mine

Tanzania: Killings and Toxic Spill Tarnish Barrick Gold

Zahra Moloo May 11, 2011 Zahra Moloo

The Thigithe River in North Mara, Tanzania meanders through scattered villages and clumps of trees in a vast expanse of land ringed by hills close to the Kenyan border. The Canadian Barrick Gold Corporation operates a notorious gold mine in this region.

Salva Kiir Mayardit, President of Southern Sudan

Toward Secession: The Future of South Sudan

Terah Edun May 2, 2011 Terah Edun

On July 9, 2011 South Sudan is expected to become an independent state, Africa’s 54th. Prior to that date, much preparation must be done to establish a vigorous economy, stable government, and peaceful society.

The War on Africa’s Family Farmers

Joan Baxter April 21, 2011 Joan Baxter

Proposing grandiose solutions without first diagnosing the causes of what ails Africa and her people has never stopped the World Bank, corporations and the odd billionaire from prescribing the wrong medicine for the continent.

Kenyan Electoral Violence in 2008

How Will International Criminal Court Prosecutions Impact Kenya’s Legacy of Political Violence?

Dr. Thomas Obel Hansen April 12, 2011 Dr. Thomas Obel Hansen

More than three years after Kenya’s most recent round of electoral violence ended, the fact that some of the country’s most prominent politicians and public officials were summoned to appear before the ICC last week offers hope that those who masterminded the violence will be brought to justice.

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