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Monday, 06 July 2009

In Brief: Africa's shrinking economies "threaten democracy"

web Photo: Aminu Abubakar/IRIN DAKAR, - A "brutal contraction" of economies in Africa may threaten democratic gains on the continent, according to the African Economic Outlook 2009 released in Dakar, Senegal at the launch of an African Development Bank conference on the impacts of the global financial crisis. The study cited recent military takeovers in Guinea, Guinea Bissau and Madagascar as examples of the...

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Shrinking economies may mean more protest, riots

photo: IRIN News / Aminu Abubakar

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