Prospects 2012
Africa
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East Africa and the Great Lakes
Kenya's elections, after the violence that followed 2007's polls, dominate the political calendar...
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West Africa
West Africa's coastal states face a range of outlooks next year. Ghana, Senegal and Sierra Leone...
Horn of Africa and Sahel
Sahelian states are struggling with varying levels of food insecurity, as well as fallout from...
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South Africa
Growth in South Africa remained below potential in 2011, and the economic outlook is suffering as...
Southern Africa
Southern African countries largely maintained stronger growth in 2011 despite a modest...