Vol 52 No 8 | CÔTE D'IVOIREWEST AFRICA A resolution in Abidjan 15th April 2011 The military ousting of Gbagbo will have repercussions across Africa The armed eviction of Laurent Gbagbo from the Ivorian presidency by a coalition of opposition, United Nations and French forces together with the organisation of national elections in...
Vol 52 No 8 | GUINEA Tough questions for Condé 15th April 2011 The suppression of an opposition rally and concerns about the anti-corruption team raise doubts about Condé’s commitment to reform President Alpha Condé averted the risk of opposition leader Cellou Dalein Diallo receiving a massive welcome on his return to Conakry on 3 April by the simple expedient...
Vol 52 No 8 | GUINEA George Soros offers some tips 15th April 2011 President Alpha Condé has invited the United States billionaire financier and philanthropist George Soros to advise on a new mining code which, the President says, will facilitate ‘the...
Vol 52 No 8 | SÃO TOMÉ & PRÍNCIPE The candidates line up 15th April 2011 An official probe into a corrupt oil deal with Nigerian companies is worrying the political class and could upset calculations in the coming elections São Tomé e Príncipe holds its much delayed presidential election in July. Meanwhile, a parliamentary inquiry into claimed corruption over an oil project with Nigeria is upsetting the...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 6 | NIGERIA Odein Ajumogobia 15th April 2011 Foreign Affairs Minister, Nigeria As Foreign Minister, Odein Ajumogobia leads an outspoken diplomatic corps. Nigeria urged Laurent Gbagbo to quit after losing Côte d’Ivoire’s presidential election. As the crisis dragged on, Ajumogobia condemned the West...
Vol 52 No 7 | NIGERIA Results that are fit to print 1st April 2011 This month’s elections will be unique – the ruling class cannot agree on who they want to win Until now, every Nigerian national election has been more or less managed under an elite pact. The richest and most powerful people informally agree to accept the outcome,...
Vol 52 No 7 | NIGERIA Watch the south-west 1st April 2011 The six states of south-west Nigeria may determine the national elections for President Goodluck Jonathan, whose People’s Democratic Party lost much of its following in the region under...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 5 | NIGERCHINA Do it by the deadline 31st March 2011 After managing a transition which led to the election on 12 March of new President Mahamdou Issoufou, the military junta has announced that it will not hand over...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 5 | CAMEROONNIGERIACHINA Good neighbours 31st March 2011 Addax, a British-listed oil and gas company controlled by China’s Sinopec, may benefit from this month’s decision by the Nigerian and Cameroonian governments to collaborate in the Bakassi...
Vol 52 No 6 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE Guns, votes and cocoa 18th March 2011 Laurent Gbagbo’s military position is weakening as business friends help him to break his rival’s ban on cocoa exports Trade sources in Moscow and London report that business allies of Laurent Gbagbo have begun exporting cocoa out of the port of San Pedro in defiance of President-elect...