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Since 2001, NEPAD has pushed for policy reforms and increased investment in the following priority sectors:

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Tourism/Culture

Trade and Market Access •  Governance •  Capacity Development

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FEBRUARY 2010 ISSUE 492 WWW.AFRICASIA.COMSeepage97for subscription offer details

BAFFOUR’S BEEFS 8

Dancing with the Brits

COVER STORY: BERLIN CONFERENCE 10

Carving up Africa 14

A licence to colonise 22

The Berlin Act of 1885 24

The spoils of Berlin 26

Remembering the dismembered continent

26 February 2010 marks exactly 125 years from the end of the abominable Berlin Conference that led to the “Scramble for Africa” by European powers. Apart from slavery, there is no single event in modern African history whose consequences have been so dire for the continent as the Berlin Conference of 1884-85. We have devoted this month’s issue to an in-depth look at the conference and its impact on Africa and its people.Memberof TheAuditBureau of Circulations.

REFLECTIONS 32

What are we really celebrating?

FOCUS ON TOGO 34

Countdown to elections

Features 60

South Africa: New year, new wife 62

Nigeria: A bewildering country!

SPOTLIGHT ON ETHIOPIA 67

A rising giant 71

Africa’s ‘new flower’

LEST WE FORGET 74

Confronting homophobia

SPECIAL FEATURES 76

Nothing African about homosexuality 78

Malawi: People against gays 79

Britain: MP condemns Uganda’s anti-gay bill 80

Africa: The sad plight of albinos 82

Africa: Albinos demand respect and dignity

FEATURES 38

Haiti: Why the country is poor 42

Uganda: Anti-gay bill on course

NEEM TREE 84

Lessons from Cabinda

AFRICAN FOOTBALL 45

Editor’s note 46

Dispatches from South Africa 48

Star Interview:

DIASPORA 88

Britain: Include me out 92

USA: Inter-black marriages

Nigeria’s Peter Odemwingie 54

A mountain to climb 56

Roger Milla speaks! 58

Blunt but fair

BACK TO THE FUTURE 98

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