Vol 50 No 2 | GUINEA The new men under fire 23rd January 2009 Some of the Comité National pour le Développement et la Démocratie junta's appointments have been heavily criticised. Chief among these is military leader Moussa Dadis Camara's old friend,...
Vol 50 No 2 | GAMBIASENEGAL Yom Ashura 23rd January 2009 Forgiveness and tolerance are key to Gambia and Senegal's celebration of the Islamic holy day of Yom Ashura (the tenth day of the Islamic New Year), this year...
Vol 50 No 1 | GHANA Two and a half cheers for democracy 9th January 2009 Ghanaians show the rest of Africa how it can be done Ghanaians start the year with a collective sigh of relief that the close-run parliamentary and presidential elections did not descend into political mayhem (AC Vol 49 No 25)....
Vol 2 (AAC) No 2 | NIGERIACHINA Crumbling cement 18th December 2008 China's biggest deal yet with a commercial African manufacturer is scaled back Worsening international economic conditions, tighter credit lines and Nigeria’s weak industrial policy have led to a sharp cutback in the US$3.3 billion cement manufacturing deal between China’s Sinoma...
Vol 49 No 25 | GHANA The winner has to wait 12th December 2008 After one of the closest presidential elections ever, the front-runners are preparing for a run-off vote in less than three weeks’ time The hard-fought general elections on 7 December saw many national political figures lose their parliamentary seats. Neither of the two leading presidential candidates gained enough votes to win...
Vol 49 No 25 | GHANA More pressure on the cedi 12th December 2008 Whoever wins the second round of the presidential election – John Atta Mills or Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo – will have to make tough economic decisions as...
Vol 49 No 25 | NIGERIA Crisis? What crisis? 12th December 2008 The world slump has made nonsense of the budget plans – and slashed expected oil revenues The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria says there is no need to panic, the country is adequately insulated from the global slowdown and will not suffer...
Vol 49 No 24 | NIGERIA A message from our sponsors 28th November 2008 President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua wants to use the budget as a key to his political revival – but business and voters are sceptical Calculated and recalculated according to the wild swings of the global oil market, the 2009 budget is almost up there with the election tribunal and the cabinet reshuffle...
Vol 2 (AAC) No 1 | NIGERIACHINA The honeymoon is over 27th November 2008 The once thriving Abuja-Beijing relationship has hit problems The catastrophic failure in November of Nigeria’s US$340 million, Chinese-built satellite NIGCOMSAT-1, launched only a year ago, is the latest, most visible indication of increasing difficulties...
Vol 2 (AAC) No 1 | BURKINA FASOGAMBIATAIWAN Diplomacy still has dollars for some 27th November 2008 Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou’s desire to put an end to ‘dollar diplomacy’ has been put to the test by his counterparts in Burkina Faso and Gambia. Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou’s desire to put an end to ‘dollar diplomacy’ (AAC Vol 1 No 11) has been put to the test by his counterparts in Burkina...