Vol 48 No 25 | AFRICAEUROPE Not quite indispensable 14th December 2007 Feted in Lisbon, African leaders left the summit frustrated by post-colonial squabbles and the lack of better trade proposals European Development Commissioner Louis Michel eagerly handed out pamphlets entitled 'The Indispensable Alliance' at the Africa-European Union summit in Lisbon on 8-9 December. In ...
Vol 48 No 25 | FRANCEAFRICA Cross patch 14th December 2007 Bored with the fractious Euro-African summit in Lisbon on 8-9 December, French President Nicolas Sarkozy used the opportiunity to try to patch up quarrels with Côte d'Ivoire,...
Vol 48 No 21 | AFRICA The Mo Laureate 19th October 2007 The great and good have met and argued vigorously over which African head of state should be the first to receive the Mohammed Fathi Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leader...
Vol 48 No 19 | UNITED STATESAFRICA Boots nearer to the ground 21st September 2007 Washington seeks Anglo-French support as it steps up its military presence in Africa British and French officers are being invited to join the United States’ planned Africa Command (AfriCom) as ‘fully integrated’ officers, US officials have told Africa Confidential...
Vol 48 No 17 | CANADAAFRICA Ottawa rewrites the diplomatic and commercial rules 24th August 2007 A fierce ideological battle is raging over Canada's foreign policy and the balance between its commitments to multilateralism and the United Nations, where it has been a stalwart provider of funds and peacekeepers, and its deepening alliance with its powerful neighbour, the United States. Canada's once vibrant enthusiasm for Africa is caught in the middle of this argument. In the left corner are the myriad critics of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government which,...
Vol 48 No 17 | CANADAAFRICA Non-Government Who's Who 24th August 2007 Stephen Lewis: United Nations' Special Envoy, HIV-AIDS in Africa, 2001-06; Deputy Director, UN Children's Fund, 1995-1999; Canada's Permanent Representative, UN, 1984-98; was Coord...
Vol 48 No 16 | FRANCEAFRICA Rapture not rupture 3rd August 2007 President Nicolas Sarkozy is billed as France's first post-colonial head of state but his first state visit to Africa did not presage a rupture with the Françafrique system. In Sen...
Vol 48 No 14 | ECONOMYAFRICAOIL AND GAS Books on the boom 6th July 2007 Africa's oil boom has inspired three very different books, which investigate the links between the billions of petrodollars and the persistent poverty and oppression reigning in so many oil-rich states. Africa produces far less than the Middle East: around 2.6 million barrels a day from Nigeria and close to 2 mn. b/d from Angola by the end of 2008, compared to Saudi Arabia's 9 mn....
Vol 48 No 14 | AFRICABRITAIN Brownie points 6th July 2007 British engagement in Africa and aid levels will continue to rise under Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who took over from Tony Blair on 27 June, government sources told Africa Confid...