Despite mounting criticism of the African Union, pessimists simply cannot write off the Organisation of African Unity’s successor.
South Africa’s peaceful democratic transition confounds Afro-pessimistic views that the continent is doomed. Yet the "Rainbow Nation" is still struggling to come to terms with the HIV/Aids epidemic — a crisis with long-term consequences for its political economy and the sustainability of Africa’s states and societies.
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/ 13 September 2005
What future do we want to leave our children? World leaders should answer this when they gather in New York to negotiate United Nations reform proposals and review progress on the Millennium Development Goals. It was no great surprise that the High-Level Panel made critical links between security and development.