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Article: Unscrambling Africa: one of the thorniest problems in Africa today, the issue of land reform and all its economic and political implications, was the theme of the last African Presidential Roundtable held in Berlin, Germany. African Business editor Anver Versi was invited to attend this usually closed event. Here are his reflections.(FORUM)(Conference notes)
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- African Business
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- June 1, 2009
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The African Presidential Round-table in Berlin, (see African Business, March 2009) organised by Boston University's APARC, was a rare opportunity to sit with some of Africa's great leaders of the past and discuss current issues facing the continent.
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Africa's former leaders may have retired from the political limelight but they have been busy, quietly but very effectively, defusing conflict situations and using their vast, combined experience to suggest strategies and policies to their successors.
I also discovered that our former leaders, through such organisations as the Africa Forum, have been consistently fighting ...