[wanabidii] The next 5 years: Africa will shine, it just needs to outrun its many ghosts (M&G Africa)

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13 Oct 2015

The next 5 years: Africa will shine, it just needs to outrun its many ghosts   Libya is breaking up. Losing it could be the price that is paid for saving north Africa and the Sahel.

Makings of a deadlock? United Guinea opposition demands presidential vote be thrown out   Even before the election, they had warned of fraud and accused the country's Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) of mismanaging the poll.

Uganda says pulling forces from South Sudan—but for them president Salva Kiir might have been toppled   A troop pull-out is one of the conditions of a peace agreement signed by Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar in August.

Rwanda parliament moves to apply finishing touches on Kagame third-term push   Both houses dominated by the ruling RPF and are expected to pass the draft constitutional amendments before putting the changes to a referendum.

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