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Africa and China

Rumble in the jungle

Why the Beijing regime needs to act to avert a backlash against Chinese investors in poor countries (22)

Roy Bennett on Zimbabwe's government

An uneasy alliance

The treasurer of Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change on sharing power with Robert Mugabe and the prospect of another election

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Baobab

Too few ideas

The World Economic Forum holds a meeting in Africa but radicalism is sorely lacking More »

Next year in Addis

Will the WEF be able to criticise its hosts next year in Ethiopia? More »

South Africa's changing political landscape
(Mail & Guardian)

The electoral dilemna in Congo
(International Crisis Group)

Battle for power in Ghana
(Africa Confidential)

AFRICOM's Libyan expedition
(Foreign Affairs)

Exile for autocrats

You can run. But can you hide?

Fleeing tyrants find scant refuge. A pity?

Africa's elephants

To cosset or to cull?

Elephants are poached in central and east Africa but proliferate in the south

The Economist Asks

Will Africa's elite succeed where its politicians have failed?

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