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BusinessWeek May 2, 2005 Amy Borrus	Hitting Sudan In The Pocketbook Pension funds are taking notice of a growing push to cut ties to the rogue state.
Reason March 2005 Brian Doherty	Somali Success Story In a recent study two World Bank economists found a surprising side to Somali statelessness. Areas where the country is doing as well as or better than neighboring countries include the percentage of population living on less than $1 a day, roads per capita, and telephones per thousand people.
Smithsonian February 2005 Paul Raffaele	Uganda: The Horror In Uganda, tens of thousands of children have been abducted, 1.6 million people herded into camps and thousands of people killed: A dispatch from the world's 'largest neglected humanitarian emergency'.
Smithsonian February 2005 Carey Winfrey	Editor's Note - Trouble Spots Two writers get into the thick of things in Uganda and Afghanistan.
Smithsonian January 2005 Paul Raffaele	Stop the Carnage A pistol-packing American scientist puts his life on the line to reduce 'the most serious threat to African wildlife'-the illegal hunting of animals for food. The bushmeat traded by the poachers can also spread deadly diseases, like Ebola.
Parameters November 2004 Morrissette & Borer	Where Oil and Water Do Mix: Environmental Scarcity and Future Conflict in the Middle East and North Africa In the eyes of a future observer, what will characterize the political landscape of the Middle East and North Africa? Will the future mirror the past or, as suggested by the quote above, are significant changes on the horizon?
Parameters November 2004 Mike Denning	A Prayer for Marie: Creating an Effective African Standby Force While the Rwanda tragedy is unparalleled with regard to the killers' speed and "efficiency," there is nothing new about violence on the African continent.
BusinessWeek October 11, 2004 Stanley Reed	Why Nigeria Will Rock Oil Markets Again Continued threats to the oil supply in Nigeria are bound to occur, given the fractious state of regional politics in that huge African country.
Geotimes September 2004	Illegal Uranium Mining in the Congo In the war-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo, thousands of miners are illegally working the Shinkolobwe mine in the southeastern province of Katanga.
Reason September 2004 John Blundell	Try, Beloved Country Rumors of South Africa's decline are greatly exaggerated. With a black majority that is stunning in its patience, understanding, and willingness to find a way, South Africa will not only survive but thrive.
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