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| Africa 2013: Your questions to George Alagiah | Africa 2013: Your questions to George Alagiah |
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| The Organisation of African Unity - set up by the leaders of 32 African nations to give them a united voice - is celebrating its 50th anniversary. | The Organisation of African Unity - set up by the leaders of 32 African nations to give them a united voice - is celebrating its 50th anniversary. |
| Once a continent known for coups, drought, starvation and brutal wars, Africa is rapidly changing. The size of the African economy has more than tripled since 2000. | Once a continent known for coups, drought, starvation and brutal wars, Africa is rapidly changing. The size of the African economy has more than tripled since 2000. |
| The BBC is looking at the changes the continent has undergone in the past 50 years. | The BBC is looking at the changes the continent has undergone in the past 50 years. |
| George Alagiah is in Ethiopia, a country that many remember for the 1980s famine, but which has had consistently strong growth for the past 10 years. | George Alagiah is in Ethiopia, a country that many remember for the 1980s famine, but which has had consistently strong growth for the past 10 years. |
| George will be available to answer your questions in a live Twitter Q&A on #Africa2013 at 13:30 BST (12:30 GMT) on Tuesday. | George will be available to answer your questions in a live Twitter Q&A on #Africa2013 at 13:30 BST (12:30 GMT) on Tuesday. |
| Here are the ways you can take part: | Here are the ways you can take part: |
| George will answer as many questions as he can, be he won't get to all of them. Questions will be tweeted immediately before the answer and some emails might be edited for brevity. | George will answer as many questions as he can, be he won't get to all of them. Questions will be tweeted immediately before the answer and some emails might be edited for brevity. |
| Read the Twitter session live here. We will publish an edited version of it later on the BBC News website. |