Vol 50 No 14 | GHANAUNITED STATES Ghana's DC dividend 10th July 2009 Expectations are high in Accra that its hosting of President Barack Obama will prompt a rush of United States investment and assistance for Ghana and the region. Even...
Vol 50 No 12 | UNITED STATESAFRICA Hanging tough 12th June 2009 African governments sense a new toughness in Washington’s Africa policy, a month before President Barack Obama’s state visit to Ghana on 10-11 July, officials have told Africa...
Vol 50 No 8 | NIGERIAUNITED STATES The Halliburton trials 17th April 2009 Weeks after Information Minister Dora Akunyili announced a campaign to rehabilitate Nigeria’s international image, President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua’s government faces the strongest test of its corruption-fighting credentials in...
Vol 50 No 5 | NIGERIAUNITED STATESBRITAIN Tesler trapped 6th March 2009 Officers from Britain’s Serious Fraud Office arrested lawyer Jeffrey Tesler, 60, at his offices in Tottenham in London on 5 March in a move that will widen the...
Vol 50 No 2 | SUDANUNITED STATES No longer at ease 23rd January 2009 In the last months of President George Walker Bush's reign, US officials pressed the Khartoum regime over Darfur and Abyei by telling leaders, 'If you think we're tough,...
Vol 49 No 21 | UNITED STATESAFRICA Obama rings the changes 17th October 2008 African citizens enthuse about the prospect of an Obama presidency, but their governments are much more cautious A victory for Barack Obama in the United States Presidential elections on 4 November would be greeted with a roar of approval across Africa and the diaspora. For...
Vol 49 No 21 | UNITED STATESAFRICA Diplomats on the campaign trail 17th October 2008 Barack Obama is taking no chances on foreign policy, seen as one of his weaknesses against Senator John McCain who has been in Congress since 1983. There some 300 foreign policy advisors working on Barack Obama's campaign, about 50 on Africa alone; this compares to about 50 advisors on all foreign policy for McCain’s...
Vol 49 No 20 | UNITED STATESAFRICA Alarmed allies 3rd October 2008 The United States government's facility for ignoring the crimes of its allies in the 'Global War on Terror' is again being challenged, this time from the inside. ...
Vol 49 No 19 | UNITED STATESAFRICA Exorcising demons 19th September 2008 The United States Republican Party seems eager to rival the African credentials of Democratic contender Barack Obama with its international links. The Republicans’ Vice-Presidential candidate and Governor of...
Vol 49 No 10 | SUDANUNITED STATES Oddly normal II 9th May 2008 The rapprochement between Sudan and the United States continues apace but US Special Envoy Richard Williamson has warned that he does not foresee full 'normalisation' during his tenure...