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Talking shop: The irony of Africa's peace talks as strife proliferates

Senegal President and AU Chairperson Macky Sall gives a keynote address during the opening ceremony of the Dakar International Forum on Peace and Security in Africa in Dakar, Senegal. [Betty Njeru, Standard]

Decades after independence from colonial powers, one would have hoped Africa's post-independence regimes would by now have outgrown the curse of mercenaries, sponsored coups, and foreign-powered civil strife.

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