Vol 42 No 12 | MALI Of mud and men 15th June 2001 General Amadou Toumani Touré's snap appointment as United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan's special envoy to Central African Republic (see Feature: Plot and panic) has delayed the expected...
Vol 42 No 11 | GHANA Ole Kufuor! 1st June 2001 The President scores on his first major international trip As a row simmered over security for former President Jerry John Rawlings, President John Kufuor jetted off to speak at the African Development Bank's 29-31 May meeting in...
Vol 42 No 11 | SENEGAL Wade's blue wave 1st June 2001 The President now has a supportive parliament as well as government The first year of 'transition' in partnership with Prime Minister Moustapha Niasse was difficult. Niasse's dismissal in March and now the parliamentary elections of 29 April have given...
Vol 42 No 9 | GHANA A hundred days of Kufuor 4th May 2001 The new government scores high on political tolerance but is struggling over how to tackle the economic mess it inherited No one can blame President John Agyekum Kufuor for the economic chaos he inherited on 7 January, when he took over from Jerry John Rawlings. However, plenty of...
Vol 42 No 9 | NIGERIA Exit top brass 4th May 2001 Big policy differences are behind the departure of three military chiefs Did they jump or were they pushed? The retirement on 24 April of the Chief of Army Staff, General Victor Malu; Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Ibrahim...
Vol 42 No 9 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE Home and away 4th May 2001 France, at least, backs President Laurent Gbagbo. The head of a team it sent to help draw up aid requests (AC Vol 42 No 4) is none other...
Vol 42 No 8 | NIGER Starting from scratch 20th April 2001 A new democracy, an empty treasury and a hollow economy Niger has calmed down since the elections of November 1999 put it back on the road to democracy, after several turbulent years. Politics were stabilised by the 59.9...
Vol 42 No 8 | GHANA Cash and carry 20th April 2001 After 100 days in office President John Kufuor and his New Patriotic Party have problems with corruption - mostly involving their predecessors, the National Democratic Congress. Outgoing NDC...
Vol 42 No 6 | GAMBIA Jumping Jammeh 23rd March 2001 Corruption and vote-rigging draw attention to the President's election plans It is easy to break Western precepts of good governance and still haul in international aid. President Yahya Jammeh's regime shows how. In December, the International Monetary Fund...
Vol 42 No 6 | BENIN Whose masquerade? 23rd March 2001 The presidential election has turned to farce since two leading candidates pulled out of the second round of voting claiming fraud. President Mathieu Kérékou emerged from the first...