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What does independence really mean in Africa today?

July 9, 2024

Independence evokes profound emotions across Africa. Yet rarely has it delivered on the jubilation from an economic and development standpoint. Cai Nebe talks to James Boboya, a political analyst, and DW correspondent Mirriam Kaliza in Malawi. Dr Juste Codjo, a security studies analyst, explains why Reunion, an island off the coast of southern Africa, is an overseas territory of France.

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