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Africa: The Struggle for Development. Map: Africa. North Africa: TheCrossroads of the Continent. Map: North Africa. West Africa: Seeking Unity inDiversity Map: West Africa. Country Reports. Benin. Burkina Faso. Cape Verde.Ivory Coast. The Gambia. Ghana. Guinea. Guinea-Bissau. Liberia. Mali.Mauritania. Niger. Nigeria. Senegal. Sierra Leone. Togo. Central Africa:Possibilities for Cooperation. Map: Central Africa. Country Reports.Cameroon. Central African Republic. Chad. Congo. Democratic Republic of theCongo. Equatorial Guinea. Gabon. East Africa: A Mixed Inheritance. Map: EastAfrica. Country Reports. Burundi. Comoros. Djibouti. Eritrea. Ethiopia.Kenya. Madagascar. Mauritius. Rwanda. Seychelles. Somalia. Sudan. Tanzania.Uganda. Southern Africa: The Continuing Struggle for Self-Determination. Map:Southern Africa. Country Reports. Angola. Botswana. Lesotho. Malawi.Mozambique. Namibia. South Africa. Swaziland. Zambia. Zimbabwe. Articles fromthe World Press Regional Articles 1. A Century Later, Letting Africans DrawTheir Own Map, Howard W. French, New York Times, November 23, 1997. Theborders of Africa's countries are defined by the European partitioning thatcame from the Berlin Conference of 1885. Today, these borders cause numerousproblems, and the push for a United States of Africa, originally suggested byKwame Nkrumah, is beginning to make sense. 2. Restoring Democracy in Africa,Larry Diamond, USA Today Magazine (Society for the Advancement of Education),January 1998. There is a new spirit and awareness in Africa today, and, as aresult, some states are beginning to record economic growth. "If thestructures of democracy and the market become institutionalized in Africa,development will follow and the continuous cycle of misery and violence"should come to an end. 3. Economic Takeoff in Africa?, Deborah Br utigam,Current History, May 1998. Sub-Saharan Africa has been mired in almost twodecades of economic crisis. Today, in the aggregate, many countries areexperiencing a positive growth rate. Even given the high increase inpopulation, growth has expanded on a per capita basis. 4. Africa: The NextTiger Economy?, World Press Review, July 1998. The image of Africa as thesick continent of the world is firmly entrenched, and the idea of explosiveeconomic growth there comes as a shock. Indeed, Africa is experiencing anunprecedented rate of economic expansion, and it may soon play a larger rolein the world economy. 5. Sub-Saharan Africa: At the Turning Point, Shanti R.Conly, The Humanist, July/August 1998. Africa is making new headway:democracy and economic reform are revitalizing the continent, and a number ofcountries are experiencing dynamic economic growth. However, control ofpopulation growth is needed, and with greater political openness, manyAfrican governments are addressing health and education needs. 6. History AsGuide: Thinking about Human Rights in Africa, Martin L. Kilson Jr., (Partcontents).