Africa in 2025: G20 presidency and a new UK approach to Africa
South Africa will take the G20 presidency in 2025, the first African country to do so. What other opportunities and challenges face the African continent in 2025?

Zimbabwe after the 2005 parliamentary election. House of Commons Library Research Paper 05/58.
Zimbabwe after the 2005 parliamentary election (403 KB , PDF)
Zimbabwe after the 2005 parliamentary election. House of Commons Library Research Paper 05/58.
Zimbabwe after the 2005 parliamentary election (403 KB , PDF)
South Africa will take the G20 presidency in 2025, the first African country to do so. What other opportunities and challenges face the African continent in 2025?
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