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The Missing Headlines

Focusing on major world events and themes, this is a selection of speeches by Chief Emeka Anyaoku, the third Commonwealth Secretary-General and the first African holder of the office. They are mainly from his first period of office (1990-1995), and are grouped in themes such as ‘The Changing Commonwealth’, ‘Democracy’, ‘The Commonwealth and the Making of the New South Africa’, ‘Sustainable Development’, ‘Development and Democracy in Africa’, ‘Nigeria in Transition’, ‘Peace and Security in a Pluralistic World’, and ‘Toward a Common Humanity’. Anyaoku's introduction explains the choice of speech…