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Small and large businesses in Malawi are counting their losses following the cabinet’s decision not to host the African Union summit in July. The decision is based on the government’s refusal to allow Sudanese President Omar Hassan al Bashir permission to enter the country. Bashir is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC), which has [...]

Caught between a proverbial rock and a hard place, African and Pacific countries are still unsure whether they should follow the lead of their Caribbean counterparts and sign a wide-ranging Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with Europe. African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) ministers are meeting here ahead of their joint Council of Ministers meeting with Europe [...]

Tuareg and Islamist rebel groups which seized control of northern Mali in March are trying to find common ground for the joint administration of the territory. Residents of the region fear that individual and collective freedoms will not be respected if such an alliance sets up an Islamic state. Ansar Dine, which is linked to [...]

With his gold chain, baseball cap, and baggy denim shorts, Junior Toe wears the uniform of Liberia’s urban youth. Spend just a few minutes with the young man and it is evident that he possesses the street smarts to match the look. However, Toe’s area of expertise lies outside the city and on the farm. [...]

With his gold chain, baseball cap, and baggy denim shorts, Junior Toe wears the uniform of Liberia's urban youth. Spend just a few minutes with the young man and it is evident that he possesses the street smarts to match the look.

Moses Gadia speaks quietly, a detailed and colourful map of South Sudan on the wall next to him. In the courtyard outside, a group of six men, all South Sudanese refugees, chat in the shade of plastic tarps.