Africa
May 2006
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May Article Abstracts
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Title: The Politics of Death in Darfur
Author: Gerard Prunier
"'Genocide' is big because it carries the Nazi label, which sells well. . . . But simply killing is boring, especially in Africa."
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Title: The Roots of African Corruption
Author: Stephen Ellis
"In broad swaths of Africa many types of corrupt practice are not the deviant behavior of a small minority-they are a standard mode of transacting political and financial business."
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Title: South Africa on Trial
Author: Andrew Meldrum
"Angry demonstrations surrounding the trial of Jacob Zuma highlight the fact that significant numbers of black South Africans are becoming frustrated with their lack of progress."
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Title: Zimbabwe after Mugabe
Author: Gideon Maltz
"If Mugabe's coming exit offers the first genuine opportunity for political change in Zimbabwe, it also threatens to drive the country deeper into despair."
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Title: China's Africa Strategy
Author: Joshua Eisenman and Joshua Kurlantzick
"Beijing has enjoyed considerable success in Africa, building close ties with countries from Sudan to South Africa, becoming a vital aid donor . . . , and developing military relationships with many of the continent's powers."
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Title: Can Somalia Salvage Itself?
Author: Matt Bryden
"Unless Somali leaders act soon to rescue their transitional government, it may prove impossible to reverse their country's agonizing decline."
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Title: Rebuilding the Liberian State
Author: Robert Lloyd
"Can a very poor country, scarred by decades of fighting and slowly rebuilding a collapsed state, democratize? The answer is not yet clear."
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Title: Nigeria's Defining Moment
Author: Chinwe Esimai
"Nigeria's upcoming vote . . . could mark either a solid step away from the military past into a democratic future, or a descent into national disintegration."
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Title: The Month in Review
An international chronology of events in March 2006, country by country, day by day.
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Title: Africa
A map of Africa.
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