Continental African Briefing Volume 1, No. 3

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Continental African Briefing Volume 1, No. 3	November 21, 2004

AFRICA IN BRIEF

Politics

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GREAT LAKES: REGIONAL LEADERS MEET TO SIGN DECLARATION OF PEACE DAR ES SALAAM, 19 Nov 2004 (IRIN) - Following months of preliminary meetings with national delegations, heads of state in and around the war-ravaged, Great Lakes region met in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on Friday in what is touted as the first summit of its kind...
Source: IRIN
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Conflict and Security

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AFRICA'S LONGEST CIVIL WAR SET TO CONCLUDE BY END OF YEAR NAIROBI, Nov 19 (IPS) - The Sudanese government and rebels from the south of the country pledged Friday to end their 21-year conflict by Dec. 31. This came during a two-day meeting of the United Nations Security Council in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi...
Source: ISP Africa
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Editorials

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DEMOCRACY STILL EVOLVING IN AFRICA When the winds of multi-party politics swept across Africa in the early 1990s most Africans hoped multi-party democracy would soon be achieved in their countries...
Source: VOICE of AMERICA
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Economy, Business, & Finance

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REPORT SAYS TRADE LIBERALIZATION MAY HURT POOR NATIONS A new report says trade liberalization has not brought the economic gains to poor countries that many expected. In fact, it says the concessions developing countries must make to rich nations often wipe out many of the benefits...
Source: VOICE of AMERICA
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Women

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AFRICAN WOMEN PAY STEEP PRICE FOR POLITICAL ADVANCEMENT African women have made solid progress in becoming part of the continent's political landscape. But progress did not come without a struggle, and many women have paid a steep price to get in - and stay - in parliament...
Source: Voice of America
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UP COMING EVENTS

Investing in African Mining Conference The Mining INDABA is Africa's most important mining event and the world's leading gathering of global policy makers and international finance...
Date: Feb 8, 2005
Organization: International Investment Conferences, Inc.

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Pan African Water 2004 Pan African Water 2004 is Africa's premier water focused event. The director level conference provides information and strategies for improving water supply in Africa...
Date: Nov 29, 2004
Organization: Terrapinn Limited
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BOOKS & RESOURCES

1994 Zimbabwe Women Writers Anthology
Author: Norma Kitson
Organization: African Books Collective, Oxford

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