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Happy Anniversary Africa! In 2013 the continent will be celebrating a Golden Jubilee, commemorating May 25, 1963. That day, 50 years ago, the Organization of Africa Unity (OAU) was born, to later reincarnate as the African Union (AU) and affording the continent sufficient clout to accelerate integration and development. When the leaders of the AU

China visits marks Egyptian leader’s more balanced foreign policy approach and new economic alliances. Egypt’s President Mohamed Morsi was accompanied by more than 80 Egyptian business people on a trip to Beijing in late August – a clear sign that the new Egyptian leader was intent on enhancing economic relations. Walking on the red carpet

A year highlighted by a new nation, regime change, famine and hopes for climate change solutions. The big story out of Africa in 2011 was the referendum in southern Sudan. That culminated in the birth of a new country, the Republic of South Sudan, which joins the struggling band of developing nations. Africa’s newest independent