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Africa Renewal: August 2011

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After independence, what next for South Sudan?

Building a new nation amidst dire poverty and the scars of war

&Arab Spring* stirs African hopes and anxieties

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

African elections: works in progress

Trends are encouraging, but some polls still fall short

Peace in Sierra Leone, a project under construction

and Michael Fleshman
UN seeks to coordinate support for post-war development

Peace in Sierra Leone, a project under construction

and Michael Fleshman
UN seeks to coordinate support for post-war development

Global food crisis: time to break the vicious cycle

Delaying reforms will guarantee recurrent surges in food prices

Microfinance: What role in Africa's development?

and Oliver Schwank
Time to reassess the limits and strengths of small-scale lending

Microfinance: What role in Africa's development?

and Oliver Schwank
Time to reassess the limits and strengths of small-scale lending

Africa's least developed: lands of opportunity

At the UN conference on LDCs, focus moves away from aid

&NEPAD is an African spirit for renewal*

Ten years old, the plan scores some gains, faces key tests

AIDS breakthrough threatened by budget woes

New discovery brings hope, but will the funds be there?

Women*s empowerment

&Renewed energy for women's empowerment*

Interview with head of UN Women in Southern Africa

Cover Story

North African women on the barricades

Activists press for freedom, dignity and rights
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