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The Reality of Africa: 21st century challenges and opportunities
19th July 2010Mark Ashurst, director of Africa Research Institute, talks at the London School of Economics IDEAS seminar on 'The Reality of Africa: 21st century challenges and opportunities'.
Malawi's fertiliser subsidies
13th March 2008Dr Blessings Chinsinga from the Univeristy of Malawi and Caroline Boin of the International Policy Network discuss on the BBC World Service's Business programme, the positive outcomes of fertiliser subsidies in Malawi since the famine of 2005, in the...
Marshall Plan for Africa
5th November 2007To mark the 60th anniversary of US secretary of state George Marshall's plan to reconstruct post-war Europe, City of London Corporation and the Centre for Policy Studies hosted an evening seminar to discuss international development aid to Africa. ...
Chinese flip flops in Africa
25th November 2006The Chinese presence in Africa has been growing steadily. Beijing has signed over 40 free trade agreements in Africa. The value of the commerce exceeds £20 billion, five times what it was in 2003. But China has been criticised for doing busines...
The Congo, part 1 - Upstream
27th July 2007After years partitioned by war, the Congo - country and river - is navigable again. The banks of the Congo are dotted with monuments to its often painful past. The Belgian-style red brick settlements recall the brutal era of the rubber trade; a gran...
The Congo, part 2 - Scramble for riches
27th July 2007On the river bank at Lotokila, Mark Ashurst discovers a disused sugar refinery built by the Chinese, and mothballed by villagers who dismantled the machinery to deter looting by soldiers. Congo has suffered a series of historic scrambl...
