Protests against Ethiopian human rights record
Thousands of people staged a peaceful protest in Addis Ababa on Sunday in the first large-scale gathering of its kind and a rare show of public opposition in more than eight years.

Protests against Ethiopian human rights record

In less than a week after hosting the African Union 50th anniversary celebrations, Addis Ababa witnessed huge crowds of protesters Sunday demanding social and political reforms from the Ethiopian government.…

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Africa’s Great Deficit: Challenges of Infrastructure Decay, Development
Lawrence Freeman, Director, Africa Desk at Executive Intelligence Review magazine speaking at the CMPI conference on Africa

Africa’s Great Deficit: Challenges of Infrastructure Decay, Development

By Lawrence Freeman With the creation of the Organization of Africa Unity by thirty-two African signatories on May 25, 1963, there was a sense of optimism in Africa and the…

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Two Faces of Africa: Good or Ugly

Two Faces of Africa: Good or Ugly

In recent times, Africa’s narratives are basically truncated and bifurcated: a continent of boom or bubble; a continent of opportunity or obstacles; and a continent of triumphs or tribulations. Depending…

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