Vol 39 No 10 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLICAFRICA Asking A.T.T. 15th May 1998 As elections approach, Nigerian diplomat Olu Adeneji is settling in as United Nations Special Representative and head of the 1,350-man Mission des Nations Unies en République Centrafricaine. African...
Vol 39 No 7 | CONGO-KINSHASA Clinton likes it 3rd April 1998 There's still lots of interest but little foreign money going into Kabila's new order 'Clinton likes the Congolese revolution,' President Laurent- Désiré Kabila exclaimed on state television on 26 March, after meeting in Uganda with the United States' President during his six-stop...
Vol 39 No 7 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Khmercenaries 3rd April 1998 As French troops prepare to quit on 15 April, mercenaries are hovering - or so President Ange- Félix Patassé told the French daily Libération of 10...
Vol 39 No 5 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Patasse´'s problems 6th March 1998 With French forces leaving in April, the Bangui conference must produce results p class="p1">Since President Ange-Félix Patassé came to power in 1993, the Central African Republic has almost disintegrated. Another attempt to put it back together began on 26 February,...
Vol 39 No 4 | EQUATORIAL GUINEA Troubling the waters 20th February 1998 President Obiang wants to be an oil sheikh but this stirs enemies at home and abroad Investors are scrambling into Equatorial Guinea’s oil-fired economy, which has grown by over 40 per cent a year since 1995; now President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo wants to...
Vol 39 No 4 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLICCONGO-KINSHASA More contras 20th February 1998 As French troops prepare to leave on 6 April, several hundred of the late President Mobutu Sese Seko’s Division Spéciale Présidentielle have joined forces with CAR ex-President André...
Vol 38 No 25 | CONGO-KINSHASA Best friends, friends and foes 19th December 1997 With little foreign aid to rebuild the country's shattered economy, the Kabila government will have to rely on private capital The project to reconstruct Central Africa is moving painfully slowly and with very little money, over six months after the overthrow of Mobutu Sese Seko’s regime spurred hopes...
Vol 38 No 24 | CONGO-KINSHASA Kabila's banker 5th December 1997 A brass plaque outside the smart new offices of the Banque de Commerce et de Développementin Kinshasa's main street, Boulevard du 30- Juin, proclaims that they were opened...
Vol 38 No 22 | ANGOLACONGO-BRAZZAVILLE Regional circle 7th November 1997 Luanda's regional strategy to isolate and encircle Jonas Savimbi and his União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola forces took further shape with President J José...
Vol 38 No 22 | CHAD On fire 7th November 1997 There have been rebellious stirrings again, enough to send President Idriss Déby scurrying off to Taiwan in search of a reward for recognising China's rival last June. A...