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From Sudan to Somalia to Zimbabwe, nearly all of the news from the African continent seems to center on fractured leadership in nations torn apart by violence and mired in poverty. But Charles Stith, former U.S. Ambassador to Tanzania and editor of the book “For such a time as this: African Leadership Challenges,” says there’s a lot of good news to be found on the continent as well.

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