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Military, religious and political leaders point the way out
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4 EDITORIAL Fighting the censors
6 LETTERS
8 THE QUESTION
BRIEFING
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SIGNPOSTS & TRENDS
INTERNATIONAL
PEOPLE
CALENDAR
FRONTLINE
20 THE $100BN LAND GIVEAWAY
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INVESTIGATION
HOW POLITICIANS GAVE AWAY
$100BN OF LAND
Secret land deals done
behind closed doors have
seen politicians lease huge
tracts of land on the cheap.
Now communities are raising
their voices in opposition.
A special investigation with
reports from across
the continent
COVERS: ALFREDO BINI / COSMOS; ESPEN RASMUSSEN/PANOS-REA; MANPREET ROMANA/AFP; BPA AGENCY / REUTERS; AFOLABI SOTUNDE / REUTERS
POLITICS
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Nigeria Fixing the fractured North
Profile Ali Ben Bongo, President of Gabon
South Africa Spy versus spy
Algeria Bouteflika and the Spring
Zanzibar Secessionism reignites
Lesotho Thabane takes over as PM
Ghana A long hot political summer
Anansi The East African jigsaw
COUNTRY FOCUS
NIGERIA FIXING THE FRACTURED NORTH
28
Boko Haram’s
violence highlights
how the federal
government has
neglected the root causes of
northern Nigeria’s crises. Leading
Nigerians point a way out
47 LIBERIA GROWING PAINS
78
BUSINESS
Outsourcing The Indian connection
Hannibal Call dropped
Mining Congo’s conflict minerals
Japan/Africa Tokyo pushes private sector
Leaders Albert Katsande, chief operating
officer of OK Zimbabwe and Ivorian baby
food producer Marie Diongoye Konaté
77 Finance AfDB broadens its commitment
From Tatu City
in Kenya to DR Congo’s
Cité du Fleuve, developers
are dreaming up Africa’s
futurescapes. But are these new
cities widening the gap between
the rich and the poor?
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78 DOSSIER CONSTRUCTION
Africa’s new cities • Chinese builders snatch
up contracts • Morocco’s engineering skills
ART & LIFE
90 Olympics Africans going for Gold
94 Lifestyle Underground London
96 Briefs Black November, the Delta movie
and Malek Bensmaïl
98 Last Word Martin Keino
THE AFRICA REPORT
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DOSSIER
CONSTRUCTION
LIBERIA
GROWING PAINS
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President Ellen
Johnson Sirleaf
explains why
jobs for the
youth are her top priority.
Plus Liberia’s people
to watch, and sector
reports on agribusiness
and resources
This issue carries an insert between pages
ges 66 and 67 for selected countries.