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Looming Spending Cuts Herald a Bleak Outlook for Africa

The building housing Kenya's National Treasury in Nairobi.

Photographer: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images

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African nations feeling the pinch intend cutting back on spending, with very real repercussions for citizens.