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Fundamentalist violence

Disowned by faith leaders

The terrorist attack on Westgate Mall traumatised Kenyans, but did not divide them

Civil war

Promoting democracy

Arab Reform Initiative sees three-front war in Syria and demands that pro-democracy forces get support

Zimbabwe

Back to square one

Why Zimbabweans feel that the five years until the next general election will be very long

OECD guidelines

Forgotten principles

The OECD’s Fragile State Principles are hardly being implemented

Democratic principles

Tough challenges

Governments are increasingly stifling civil society

Media

Severe sentence

A recent judgement shows that the freedom of the press cannot be taken for granted in Senegal

Academic research

Property rights drive growth

To what extent do formal property rights serve economic growth?

Central Africa

Tropical forest in peril

Ephrem Balole et al: The government of the DRC is not doing nearly enough to protect the rainforest

Comment

Cairo conundrum

In view of Egypt's crisis, western diplomacy seems clueless

Peacebuilding

Patience required

Real peace is about a lot more than the absence of armed violence

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