Despite numerous setbacks, Africa is rising

In 2013, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank gave a glowing account of African countries like Rwanda, Mozambique, Kenya, Ethiopia and Ghana that were enjoying an economic boom even as most European countries struggled in the wake of the 2008/09 economic crisis. In fact, Africa was the fastest growing continent in the world.

War, famine and dictators have become rarer, declared The Economist.