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  • Is This the Century of Africa's Rise?

    For decades, the dominant African narrative in the media was of famine, war, and disease. Recently, in light of a perceived economic upturn and a relative reduction in famine and disease across most of the continent, the narrative has changed to one of thrusting progress. The problem, though, is that most of the new wealth Africa is seeing is extractive. Full story

    2013 Jan 22 Oscar Rickett News
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