In 2000, United Nations member states set 8 Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) which were aimed at reducing poverty.  Now with only five years until the 2015 deadline set for achieving the goals, the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has called on world leaders to accelerate progress towards the MDGs.

Is your country on track to succeed? Is it good to have set goals for your country? What have the MDGs achieved where you are?

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The list includes famous African sports people and musicians such as Maria Mutola, Angelique Kidjo and Michael Essien. The AU commission chairperson Jean Ping says the peace ambassadors are vital if the year of peace is to succeed.

So Africa Have Your Say is asking, what can we expect these famous names to achieve?  Can Africa's own celebrities be real agents of change on the continent?

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The Ugandan government has promised to hunt down those responsible. The Somali Islamist group al-Shabab has claimed responsibility for the attacks.
 
As the country comes to terms with the rising death toll, BBC Africa Have Your Say is asking how should Ugandans respond?   

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A poll carried out in more than 130 countries including Kenya, Botswana, South Africa, and  Togo, concludes that money cannot buy you happiness, though of course it can help to ease day to day struggles.

But where does happiness come from? What makes you happy or unhappy? How important is money to your life? Send us your views.

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The poor performance of Nigeria's Super Eagles has already led to the sacking of two top officials - although the team's two year presidential ban from international competition has been reversed. Similar soul-searching is underway in Cameroon, Algeria and Ivory Coast.

Even Ghana's Black Stars are fighting off a backlash. Angry fans criticised them on phone-in programmes after their narrow defeat by Uruguay, although the country's president has since urged Ghanaians to be proud of their achievement.

Are you proud of your African team? Were you expecting too much? What impact has Africa made at the World Cup? Was it all worth it?

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In the immediate years after independence, Somalia was thriving economically, socially and culturally. Today, it's a very different story.

On Africa Have Your Say we are asking, what has Somalia got to show after 50 years of independence?  Can you remember what Somalia was like during peacetime?  What does the next 50 years hold for the country?  What impact does the state of Somalia have on its people both at home and in the diaspora?

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During the World Cup and before every match we have listened to 32 national anthems from all the countries participating and some of the players have been in tears. So what really is in a national anthem that evokes such emotion?

Do national anthems reflect the hopes, dreams and aspirations of the people or are they just meaningless words stuck in the dreams of days gone by?

What does your national anthem mean to you? Does it inspire you? Does it make you patriotic or does it leave you cold?

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