Sudan reels from tough reforms

After decades of sanctions and isolation, Sudan is pressing ahead with painful reforms. But will the government succeed in overhauling the economy without destabilising the political transition? By Shoshana Kedem
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Zambia’s founding president dies

Zambia’s first president Kenneth Kaunda, an icon of Africa’s liberation struggle against colonial rule, has died of pneumonia at a military hospital in the capital Lusaka. He was 97. He was admitted to the Maina Soko Military Hospital earlier this week. Kaunda ruled Zambia for 27 years after i… By Shoshana Kedem

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