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- Japan raises its game in Africa – By Magnus Taylor
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- Kikwete in trouble over FDLR, but does he really understand who they are? – By Frederick Golooba-Mutebi
- Jason Stearns, Phil Clark and Richard Dowden debate the UN Group of Experts (with a focus on the DRC)
- Egypt/Ethiopia: There will be no water war in the Nile Basin because no one can afford it – By Seifulaziz Milas
- Framing death – how will the world mark the passing of Nelson Mandela? – By Keith Somerville
- Forgetting Mau Mau, remembering Lonrho – Richard Dowden
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- Tsvangirai must form a coalition to have any chance in upcoming elections – By Simukai Tinhu
- Transforming Zimbabwe’s agrarian economy: why smallholder farming is important – By Ian Scoones
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- Interview with Richard Attias, Chairman, Richard Attias & Associates; Founder, the New York Forum AFRICA
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- faisal on Somalia airspace and waters’ control must be reclaimed: UN may owe millions in unaccounted for air navigation charges – By Abdisalam Warsame Hassan and Awet T. Weldemichael
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- Peter Verlinden on Kikwete in trouble over FDLR, but does he really understand who they are? – By Frederick Golooba-Mutebi
- Abdul on Egypt/Ethiopia: There will be no water war in the Nile Basin because no one can afford it – By Seifulaziz Milas
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- Travis X. Bailey on REVIEW: Last Train to Zona Verde: overland from Cape Town to Angola – By Paul Theroux
- Alazar on Egypt/Ethiopia: There will be no water war in the Nile Basin because no one can afford it – By Seifulaziz Milas
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agriculture
July 10, 2012
Posted by Diana Jeater
Winter in Harare is almost over. Walking my kids to school in the morning across frosty vleis, strewn with festering rubbish, we see the first signs of the agricultural season awakening. Litter is being raked into piles, maize stalks cleared
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Posted in agriculture, agriculture, farming, Land Reform, poverty, Rethinking Zimbabwe | 2 Comments »
May 27, 2011
Posted by Magnus
Briefing Paper – Read here Diana Hunt and Michael Lipton, January 2011 In most of sub-Saharan Africa, faster growth in agriculture is a precondition for sustainable economic growth and poverty reduction. This will require technical progress tailored to Africa’s varied
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