Patrick Smith
AFRICA/EUROPE: BAD MARRIAGE, LOW ATTENDANCE Suppose I gave a summit and nobody came. That may be the question that Libya's mercurial leader Colonel Moammar el Gadaffi is asking himself this week. His grand Afro-Euro convocation in Tripoli is in danger of ...
Charles Moré
Before leaving Seoul last week, I stopped by the TBS eFM studio, overlooking the city from the slope of Namsan mountain, to discuss the G-20 outcomes with Hans Schattle and his gracious team at the ‘This Morning’ programme.Schattle played a small role in ...
Patrick Smith
Nigeria: Ex-Vice-President Abubakar is northern contender for ruling party presidential nominationIt will be a straight north versus south contest for the ruling party's presidential nomination in next year's elections in Nigeria. This follows the emergen...
Patrick Smith
AFRICA: Concerns on trade after the spats in SeoulWorries about trade restrictions and protectionism peppers assessments from African diplomats of the G-20 summit in Seoul. Although Africa was sitting on the sidelines for most of the debate over currency ...
Charles Moré
p { margin-bottom: 0.21cm; }a:link { } It was an omen too trite to be invented. Thursday evening, as the remaining contingent of G-20 leaders descended on Seoul for the 11-12 November summit, they brought with them a dust cloud that moved in on west win...
Stars Foundation
Côte d'Ivoire/Tanzania/Guinea: one election win and two close contestsTwo of the election cliffhangers continue this week in Côte d'Ivoire, where the second round of the presidential elections is due to be held on 21 November, and in Guinea where results ...
Charles Moré
Security is tight but low-key around the COEX convention centre in Seoul, South Korea, where the G20 conference is being held Thursday and Friday, 11-12 November. Bingu wa Mutharika was the first world leader to arrive at the summit; the Malawian presiden...
Patrick Smith
Cote d'Ivoire and Tanzania: The long, long wait for resultsThe latest round of elections in Africa is putting pressure on governments and civil servants to improve election organisation to address growing criticism from electorates. Two of the mooted pol...
Patrick Smith
Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire and Tanzania: Africa's 'Super Sunday' of electionsThe announcement late on 26 October that the second round of Guinea's presidential elections will be held on 31 October means that three national elections will be held in Africa on t...
Patrick Smith
Africa Confidential looks at the week aheadAfrica gets dragged into the global money battlesStrong multilateral action on the worsening international currency crisis will top the list of demands from the African caucus at next month's meeting of the Grou...