Vol 44 No 11 | UNITED STATESAFRICA Spinning the continent 30th May 2003 Washington's political managers believe their Africa policy can win votes at home and undermine France at the G-8 summit A standing ovation greeted President George W. Bush as he marched into the State Department auditorium on 28 May to sign a new bill providing US$15 billion for...
Vol 44 No 8 | IRAQAFRICA Odious debt 18th April 2003 Forthcoming negotiations on cancelling much of Iraq's US$120-130 billion debt will have repercussions for Africa's most indebted states. Defenders of the status quo on poor country debt will...
Vol 44 No 6 | IRAQAFRICA Catching the flak 21st March 2003 Africa opposes a war in Iraq which will worsen the region's economic and security problems The United States-led war against Iraq is as unpopular in Africa as it is in Europe, the Middle East and the rest of Asia. African governments, none of...
Vol 44 No 6 | IRAQAFRICA The new American way 21st March 2003 Africa's hopes of fairer trade, debt relief and more help to tackle the AIDS pandemic are being thwarted by deepening divisions between rich countries over the Iraq war....
Vol 44 No 6 | IRAQAFRICA Oil empires 21st March 2003 Some US hawks see African oil as a strategic alternative to Gulf oil. The reality is less dramatic Africa will be a net loser from the war in Iraq. Even if the war ends quickly, the effects of higher oil prices and the redirection of trade,...
Vol 44 No 5 | NIGERIAFRANCEAFRICA Jacques is back 7th March 2003 France's triumphal return to Africa is marred only slightly by the tricky problems it faces there It was an impressive turnout. Forty-two heads of state or government braved the icy cold of Paris and its unlovely Porte Maillot conference centre for the biennial...
Vol 44 No 4 | CHINAAFRICA A long march 21st February 2003 China's decision last week to send 220 peacekeeping troops to the beleaguered Mission de l'Organisation des Nations Unies en République Démocratique du Congo (MONUC) has been welcomed at...
Vol 44 No 3 | ECONOMYAFRICA Rebel forces, market forces 7th February 2003 Côte d'Ivoire's civil war may have boosted cocoa prices but it has also closed the processing plants Alongside Côte d'Ivoire's horrific descent into civil war has been the almost equally devastating economic fall out and its effects on lives and jobs. Several major factories have...
Vol 43 No 24 | FRANCEAFRICA The view from the Seine 6th December 2002 France again shows a surer hand in Africa but old allies shouldn't expect an easy ride France's hyperactive Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin has been on the road again in Africa, visiting six countries in three days last week as he sought to break...