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5 reasons why Africa is not ready to meet its own security needs – yet

Africa’s experiment in a regional approach to security is serious and laudable, but it will take time to build credible capacity. Here are five reasons why Africa is not ready to meet its own security needs – yet.
Somalia: A timeline of change in a troubled country

Here is a timeline of changes, intervention, and mediation in 5 bite-sized bits.
3 questions US forces must answer before declaring victory in Libya
Four reasons help is slow to reach Somalia’s famine victims
Uganda election: Four reasons donor nations won't turn their backs on President Museveni

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Sudan’s Bashir tries to stall Darfur genocide ruling

The International Criminal Court said Monday that it will decide on March 4 whether to issue an arrest warrant for President Omar al-Bashir for charges of crimes against humanity and genocide.
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George Clooney to Obama: Seize the 'opportunity' for Darfur peace
Opinion: More than aid money, Africa needs enterprise

To reduce poverty and create jobs, Africa must become economically competitive.
The Monitor's View: The West's next move in Zimbabwe

Short of lifting sanctions, it can offer targeted help to boost Mugabe's rival.
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Opinion: Combat the terror of rape in Congo

The world must act to stop this weapon of war.
International news roundup
War crimes charges rattle Sudan

The World Court could soon issue an arrest warrant for President Bashir on charges of genocide.
International news roundup
Islamist militias clash in Somalia as Ethiopian troops withdraw

As 3,000 Ethiopian soldiers depart, militia groups are battling to take more control from the weak transitional government.
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Piracy raises pressure for new international tack on Somalia

The world is not willing to allow this strategic nation to remain ungoverned. Can a coordinated effort create a stable government?
For Africa, 2008 a year to forget

Across the continent, rigged elections, ethnic violence, and failed power-sharing pacts hand Africa significant challenges to tackle in 2009.
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Military coup follows death of Guinea's president

The Army dissolved government offices just hours after President Lansana Conte's death on Tuesday.
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Pursuit of Somali pirates to get hotter

UN allows antipiracy forces to chase them onto land, attack them by air. But Security Council seems unprepared to address the instability that makes Somalia a 'failed state.'
Should ground troops hunt pirates in Somalia?

A Bush administration proposal to allow foreign forces to go ashore in Somalia to hunt the country's notorious pirates is getting a cool reception from US military leaders, regional analysts, and some Somali officials.
The Monitor's View: Zero hour in Zimbabwe

Military intervention tempts, but there are other ways to oust despot Mugabe.
US, world influence over Mugabe limited

Despite President Bush's strong words Tuesday, few levers exist to force Zimbabwe's leader out.
Ethiopian troops launch major offensives against Islamist insurgents in Somalia

The action raises questions about whether troops will withdraw, as planned, by the end of the year.
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In Ghana, a political neophyte, with a household name, campaigns

Samia Nkrumah is the daughter of Ghana's first president. She's returned home to run for a seat in Parliament in Sunday's elections.