Liberation was meant to deliver significant change, for the better. But South Africa and Namibia show that the new elites that took power exercised it for their own benefit.
Artist reconstruction of Musankwa sanyatiensis (left).
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African countries have a history of not exploiting their mineral wealth fully.
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Pentecostalism is one of the fastest-growing strands of Christianity in Africa.
South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs, in charge of citizenship, isn’t working well.
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Problems identified include a backlog of visa, permit and status applications, fraudulent applications being first rejected, then accepted, and the system being used illegally.
Youth-targeted strategies are part of the authoritarian rule book in Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Uganda and Ethiopia.
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Some children of HIV-positive parents drop out of school to look after their mothers and fathers. Others skip class to earn cash for the family by selling goods.