Pascal Fletcher
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Playing catch-up, Obama seeks bigger US role in Africa
Many Africans feel America is lagging behind China and others in its engagement with their continent.
IMF ready to work with Malawi on restoring aid
The IMF says it is ready to discuss working with Malawi to try to get its stalled IMF aid programme back on track.
Chávez homecoming is another turn by master showman
Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez’s emotional homecoming from a convalescence in Cuba after cancer surgery is the latest theatrical twist of a showman.
‘Baby Doc’ is back: But for love or money?
Haiti’s ex-dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier says "solidarity" led him to return to his homeland where his name is still reviled by many.