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Mon,20May2013

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Nigeria's reforms chug along, sometimes stall

Toot, toot! President Goodluck Jonathan kept his promise to invest fuel subsidy money into roads and rail – and got a cement train named after him/Photo©PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFPThe Nigerian government is pressing on with renewal in all transport sectors with varying degrees of success.

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French President, Hollande sets out stall in North Africa

French President Francois Hollande and King Mohammed VI of Morocco/Photo© BERNARD LANGLOIS/AP/SIPAThe president of France hopes to win back the top spot in trade with Rabat (Morocco) and Algiers (Algeria).

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Hannibal: The joys and perils of the conference circuit

Africa Union Conference/Photo©ReutersHannibal is weary even before Africa conference season begins.

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Anansi: What the Gulf States want in Africa

Officials in Bamako say the government has appealed directly to Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim to stop financing jihadist groups in northern Mali/Photo©ReutersIn the heart of Bahrain's financial district, about 40 Africans, Arabs, Asians and Europeans spent two days in early April debating the geopolitics of Africa's economic upturn at a conference hosted by the International Institute of Security Studies.

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Zimbabwe has one of the densest landmines in Africa

 

altZimbabwe has approximately 5,500 unexploded landmines per kilometre, making it one of the densest minefields in the world, a United Kingdom based demining organisation reported.



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Libya's southern discomfort

Though oil and business have started to flow again, the revolution has left unfinished business in the region.

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Morocco vs Western Sahara: Shifting narratives

Polisario camps lack the job opportunities that might keep Sahrawi youth gainfully employed/Photo©MOHAMED MESSARA/EPA/CORBISReports of Sahrawis joining Islamist forces in Mali are no help to diplomacy.

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