africa

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Mali: A President Assaulted, a Nation in Turmoil

Côte d’Ivoire: Controversy during 2012 Tech Conferences

http://globalvoicesonline.org/2012/05/25/cote-divoire-controversy-during-2012-tech-conferences/

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Ridiculous Football Dive | Cheater | Futbol | Futebol | SOCCER | Funny | Fake Foul

Gender and Economic Policy Management Initiative-Africa (GEPMI-Africa) - African Development Bank

Africa on Film: Madagascar | AFRICA IS A COUNTRY

http://africasacountry.com/2010/10/13/africa-on-film-madagascar/

Allison Swank If you thought that a children’s film could escape the exaggerated eye roll of this cultural critic, then think again. I found the 2005 animated film Madagasca r, to be as problematic as any live action adult flick – if not more – so simply for the fact that it’s promoting a “West and the rest” mentality in our young people.

Africa in Perspective — WhiteAfrican

http://whiteafrican.com/2006/04/19/africa-in-perspective/

I found this map showing Africa in comparison to some rather large countries around the world while thumbing through the latest Kenya Airways in-flight magazine. It’s a particularly helpful visual for when you’re trying to explain how BIG the continent is to those in the Western world. So, the next time I say that, “No, I really haven’t met your friend __________ before”, even though he was in Africa ‘somewhere’, you’ll know why.

Visual Loop - The true size of Africa

Indépendance cha-cha : une histoire de la décolonisation française - LeMonde.fr

BBC World Service - Special Reports - Ballad of Africa

Dave Weigel has a good piece looking at how the conservative reformers who predicted a long wilderness for Republicans unless they changed their core message in this or that direction are reacting to the party's 2010 resurgence. "It now appears that the GOP is about to win without tapping into any of that stuff.

Ezra Klein - The bears-and-sneakers theory of democracy

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/ezra-klein/2010/10/the_bears-and-sneakers_theory.html

compiles 86 indicators grouped into 14 sub-categories and four overarching categories to measure the effective delivery of public goods and services to African citizens

http://www.moibrahimfoundation.org/en/section/the-ibrahim-index

The Ibrahim Index » Mo Ibrahim Foundation

PARIS, Sep 8, 2010 (IPS) - After weeks of rumours sparked by the leaking of a draft World Bank position paper on so-called land grabs in poor countries, the international financial institution has officially released its report on the surge in farmland purchases and leasing which have elicited controversy for over two years.

AGRICULTURE-AFRICA: Land Grabs in Poor Countries Set to Increase - IPS ipsnews.net

http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=52762

http://www.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/08/20/ayittey.democracy.africa/index.html#fbid=4u78Rc_ltBs&wom=false

Why Western-style democracy is not suitable for Africa - CNN.com

Editor's note: George Ayittey is a Ghanaian economist and the author of several books on Africa, including "Africa Unchained" and the forthcoming "Defeating Dictators in Africa and Around The World." In 2008, Ayittey was listed by Foreign Policy magazine as one of the "Top 100 Public Intellectuals" of our time. He writes for CNN as part of Africa 50, a special coverage looking at 17 African nations marking 50 years of independence this year.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2010/08/15/interactive-infographic-of-the-worlds-best-countries.html

and for my last point look at news week's list of the best countries to live in based on education, health, quality of life, economic dynamism, and political environment.

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- Iraj Abedian is the chief executive of Pan-African Investment & Research Services. The opinions expressed are his own -