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Vol 53 No 6
16th March 2012

Getting out of the bush

Accountants and managers at the BBC are calling time on the African service and cutting British influence on the continent

Vol 53 No 5
2nd March 2012

The Glencore-Xstrata merger

Two of the world’s biggest mining and trading companies are joining forces to launch new ventures in West and South Africa

Vol 53 No 5
2nd March 2012

Companies fight regulation

New US laws and planned European regulations are coming under fire from well-organised oil and mining lobbyists

Vol 53 No 3
3rd February 2012

The latest fanfare for Africa’s economic prospects comes from the Economist Intelligence Unit’s survey of fund and asset managers, bankers and other financiers for Invest AD, the sovereign fund formerly known as the Abu Dhabi Investment Company.

Vol 53 No 2
20th January 2012

New technology, new repression

Authoritarian regimes’ use of cellphones is under the spotlight

Vol 53 No 1
6th January 2012

The long march speeds up

Stronger economies, better education and technology are driving more political change and unrest

Vol 52 No 24
2nd December 2011

Storm warning

Economic gloom in Europe and North America will slow African growth next year and may spark more challenges to incumbent regimes

Vol 52 No 23
18th November 2011

Nigeria and South Africa stand up

This year, for the first time, Africa’s two heavyweights, Nigeria and South Africa, were on the United Nations Security Council and both wanted to make their mark. The verdict is mixed. Nigeria did well, observers say, while most prefer not to mention SA ...

Vol 52 No 23
18th November 2011

Perth pangs

The Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting (CHOGM) in Perth, Western Australia, at the end of October attracted 1,500 delegates, 80 of them from China. British Prime Minister David Cameron’s threat to tie aid to lifting of homophobic legislation in Afri...

Vol 52 No 20
7th October 2011

Good boom, bad timing

Asian demand for African agricultural and mineral commodities will not fully compensate the losses caused by the West’s economic slowdown

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