Vol 39 No 10 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLICAFRICA Asking A.T.T. 15th May 1998 As elections approach, Nigerian diplomat Olu Adeneji is settling in as United Nations Special Representative and head of the 1,350-man Mission des Nations Unies en Républiqu...
Vol 39 No 6 | UNITED STATESAFRICA African roadshow rolls 20th March 1998 At last there are signs of Washington's new thinking on Africa as President Clinton sets off on a six-stop tour Above all, President Bill Clinton’s 23 March - 2 April trip to Africa is an attempt to change the American perception of Africa: that the world’s poorest continent - al...
Vol 39 No 4 | FRANCEAFRICA Rethink 20th February 1998 French strategy is bouncing back after its low point in Central Africa last year. Other Western capitals now consider Paris’ reservations about Laurent-Desiré Kabila a...
Vol 39 No 1 | AFRICA Big men, big countries, big hopes 9th January 1998 As the post-Mobutu order consolidates in central Africa, the focus will shift to political and military struggles in Sudan and West Africa Africa's eyes are on four countries - Angola, Congo-Kinshasa, Nigeria and Sudan - whose political conflicts are reaching a critical point. Political success means these countries' ...
Vol 38 No 24 | UNITED STATESAFRICA Madeleine's mission 5th December 1997 Washington's new Africa team is concentrating its fire on Central Africa with the Secretary of State's six nation hop this month Due to land in Addis Ababa on 9 December, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright will start her six-nation hop with an address to the Organisation of African Unity. The address is l...
Vol 38 No 24 | FRANCEAFRICA Franco-phoney war 5th December 1997 As Paris sides with Nigeria against a US oil conglomerate, its old allies feel uneasy France's Elf Aquitaine and Nigeria have joined forces against America's Mobil Oil and Equatorial Guinea in a latter-day variation of the Fashoda incident. Urged on by General Sani ...
Vol 38 No 20 | AFRICA On the cybermap 10th October 1997 New telecommunications technology may be expensive but it's coming to Africa – fast The internet and Africa might look like an odd couple, when only 12 million out of around 700 million people have telephones. Yet there is great excitement in Africa about the new ...
Vol 38 No 20 | AFRICA Net politics 10th October 1997 Since 1993, when only South Africa, Tunisia and Algeria had internet connectivity, there has been a vast expansion of web providers and services in Africa. Now only a minority of c...
Vol 38 No 18 | AFRICABRITAIN Diana 12th September 1997 The international media did not reflect how much Africa mourned Princess Diana. This was left to the hundreds of newspapers and broadcasting stations on the continent for which the...
Vol 38 No 17 | NIGERIAAFRICA Fela and his heirs 29th August 1997 As millions mourn the passing of the Afrobeat King and his pioneering work, Africa's music industry is stronger than ever 'When I am President', intoned Fela_Anikulapo_Kuti">Fela Anikulapo Kuti at the height of his political campaigning, 'all Africa will dance to my music'. His political ambitions were unfulfilled but the...