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Here are the stories and news from our April 2014 Edition
Cover Story

Africa flies on a wing and a prayer

Air transport reforms needed to unlock full potential

Infrastructure

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Unprecedented investments in Africa's ground transportation are hardly enough
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Fibre-optics could leap-frog Africa into the future
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Much ado over Africa's power sector
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— Kandeh Yumkella, Under-Secretary-General and head of the Sustainable Energy for All initiative
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African leaders take action that could transform the mining sector
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Interview with award-winning environmentalist, Nnimmo Bassey

Also

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With growing economy and population, Africa believes it can help shape a
post-2015 development agenda
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Established in 2002, the Sierra Leone Special Court closed shop this year. But did it deliver justice?
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Despite challenges, Mauritania's democracy spreads
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Peace eludes a nation in a rocky political transition
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Twenty years after genocide, Rwanda makes huge development strides
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Success story is grabbing global attention
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How private groups and government try to heal the wounds of genocide
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Views split on sub-Saharan Africa's debut in the international markets










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