Vol 44 No 4 | EQUATORIAL GUINEA El Jefe reshuffles 21st February 2003 Following his overwhelming but controversial 97.1 percent election victory, President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, (aka 'El Jefe' The Boss), has tired of efforts to bring oppositionists into government....
Vol 44 No 3 | EQUATORIAL GUINEA Oiling the palm trees 7th February 2003 Africa's latest oil state is learning the tricks of the multinational trade The grand plan to reform Equatorial Guinea has hit the rocks. Companies operating in the world's fastest growing oil economy have stood back as President Teodoro Obiang Nguema...
Vol 44 No 2 | CONGO-KINSHASA Cable controversy 24th January 2003 The worsening fighting in the Ituri region of eastern Congo-Kinshasa is undermining the peace accords signed by Rwanda and Uganda with the Kinshasa government, according to diplomatic cables...
Vol 43 No 25 | GABON Hear those drums 20th December 2002 For want of opposition, President Bongo can plan to rule until 2012 After three decades at the head of one of Africa's worst managed and most corrupt oil economies, President Omar Bongo might well expect some political trouble. Quite the...
Vol 43 No 25 | BURUNDICONGO-KINSHASA Two helpings of peace 20th December 2002 Peace deals for both Congo-Kinshasa and Burundi, brokered by South Africa, will be tested early in 2003. The Congo deal, signed in Pretoria on 17 December, proposes a...
Vol 43 No 24 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Unsuitable friends 6th December 2002 As donors trumpet their latest initiatives to bring Africa out of poverty, Central African Republic risks falling through the cracks.
Vol 43 No 23 | CONGO-KINSHASA Kabila reacts 22nd November 2002 President Joseph Kabila has again outplayed his regional rivals, Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni and Rwanda's General Paul Kagame, in the diplomatic arena.
Vol 43 No 23 | CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE Price of silence 22nd November 2002 Under pressure over his human rights record, President Denis Sassou Nguesso on 18 November announced a one-month amnesty for Ninja rebels in the Pool Region to surrender and...
Vol 43 No 21 | CONGO-KINSHASA Soldiers go, plunderers stay 25th October 2002 How occupying generals turned into thieves and how private companies helped them The multi-billion dollar looting of Congo-Kinshasa's resources continues, threatening hopes for peace and economic reconstruction following the withdrawal of Rwandan, Ugandan and Zimbabwean troops. That is the finding...
Vol 43 No 21 | CONGO-KINSHASA Hall of infamy 25th October 2002 See this article for a list of individuals who are accused in the United Nations Report of the Panel of Experts on the Illegal Exploitation of Mineral Resources...