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More worrying authoritarian trends in Africa
The news out of Madagascar is not good: democratically elected president Marc Ravalomanana has been pushed out of power essentially by a military coup, which has installed the photogenic 34-year old former DJ Andry Rajoelina in power. Besides the fundamental problem that Mr. Rajoelina was not elected, he also appears not to be constitutionally qualified [...]
Will the 2010s look like the 1980s in Africa?
Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete has called for African leaders and the international community to take concerted actions (although I couldn’t find any specifics) to help Africa weather the current economic crisis. Like the previous commodities boom-then-bust cycle in the 1970s and 1980s, the current downturn threatens to erase the income, health and nutrition gains of [...]
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