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What's in a name?

South Sudanese respond to suggestions on what to name their future country More »

Church and state

The church still wields great power in South Sudan More »

Little boxes

South Sudanese demonstrate their ingenuity using shipping containers as houses More »

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Gbagbo's bloody gamble
(Royal African Society)

A New State? Southern Sudan's Referendum
(Chatham House)

The limits of American smart power in Congo
(Prospect)

The last of Somalia's poets
(The Independent

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The jargon of aid

Anyone here speak NGOish?

Africa’s newest country already knows the gobbledegook of aid More »

South Africa's languages

Tongues under threat

English is dangerously dominant More »

South African schools

E for education

Desegregation and investment have yet to boost black schoolchildren More »

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