It is not the Arab Spring, but it looks a lot like it.
Aid to the continent has been marked by efforts to bring stability to war torn countries and to help with post-conflict reconstruction.
Africa’s newest state struggles to find balance while securing its identity.
France’s leader brought gifts for South Africa, but ultimately focused on intervention further north.
France is likely to welcome a more robust South African military presence on the continent.
Besides its own challenges, the region must address the economic and trafficking problems.
How will Africans achieve a more prosperous and peaceful continent in 50 years’ time?
The exclusion of three controversial candidates has offered hope of the country returning to normality.
A UN-brokered deal has won over the opposition but there are still misgivings about the voters’ roll.
The detention of the Chadian dictator is thanks in part to the body’s insistence that Senegal try him.