Vol 45 No 8 | SOUTH AFRICAAFRICA Rebirth pains 16th April 2004 The upcoming season of pan-African summits will test the new institutions and promises of reform The grand economic plans of the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NePAD) are to be revived when African and Western leaders meet in Mozambique on 16-17 April. Three...
Vol 45 No 5 | AFRICADIAMONDS Rough diamonds 5th March 2004 A company with a controversial past blazes a new trail across the continent The South African heading the controversial DiamondWorks company, Antonio Carlos Teixeira, better known as 'Tony', is a man in a hurry. He is expanding DiamondWorks' mining operations and...
Vol 45 No 4 | FOOTBALLAFRICA And now the world 20th February 2004 Held back by political and economic crises, Africa's football talent shines through President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali's restrained applause after the national soccer team's victory in the African Cup of Nations on 14 February was, like many things in...
Vol 45 No 4 | UNITED KINGDOMAFRICA Sins of omission 20th February 2004 Irish Africa campaigner and rock musician Sir Bob Geldof has persuaded British Prime Minister Tony Blair to set up a commission on Africa to coincide with Britain's chairing...
Vol 44 No 23 | FRANCEAFRICA Do not pass go 21st November 2003 The gaoling of three senior officials from the Elf oil company is unlikely to be the final act in the drama that has been unfolding since Paris judge...
Vol 44 No 19 | UNITED STATESAFRICA Walter's woes II 26th September 2003 US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Walter Kansteiner III is leaving his post in November, we hear, to spend more time with his young family (AC...
Vol 44 No 16 | AFRICA Lions and hyenas 8th August 2003 Botswana, South Africa, Mauritius, Namibia and Tunisia emerge as Africa's top five countries in the latest 'policy stance index' published by the Addis Ababa-based Economic Commission for Africa....
Vol 44 No 15 | EUROPEAN UNIONAFRICA A can of subsidised worms 25th July 2003 Europe is offering reforms to its restrictive farm policies, but Africans fear footing the bill Reforms to the European Union's controversial Common Agricultural Policy adopted in Luxembourg on 26 June have met a mixed reception in Africa. While subsidising European farmers is unpopular,...
Vol 44 No 15 | EUROPEAN UNIONAFRICA Who loses? 25th July 2003 While some developing countries, such as competitive wheat and beef exporters like Argentina, would like the Common Agricultural Policy reform to be intensified, many African agricultultural exporters are...