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David PillingFinancial Times |
In a life of snakes and ladders, ambitions sometimes have to be sacrificed for the family good
There are grounds for medium-term optimism after years of negative news
No shots were fired but the west African country missing its election has repercussions beyond its borders
The ambitions of the UN goals are laudable but their complexity means they have been doomed from the start
Prospects of change are widening the political spectrum
The cult of the smallholder and the micro-entrepreneur is a wrong-headed approach to poverty alleviation in Africa
Condemning Moscow does not mean unthinking adherence to the west
The blaze in Johannesburg tells a story of xenophobia, urban neglect and political dysfunction