Africa

• Vol 44 No 1
• 10/01/2003

Africa map

• Vol 43 No 24
• 06/12/2002

The view from the Seine

France again shows a surer hand in Africa but old allies shouldn't expect an easy ride

• Vol 43 No 22
• 08/11/2002

Who's for the White House?

Washington promises carrots for its allies and sticks for all the rest

• Vol 43 No 22
• 08/11/2002

Walter's woes

Walter H. Kansteiner III looks worried. The trigger for his troubles is his Sudan policy which has annoyed his White House mentor. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Kansteiner is a consummate businessman: he cut his teeth as a cocoa and cof...

• Vol 43 No 21
• 25/10/2002

Intrigue in Beirut

Senegal's ex-President Abdou Diouf struggled to become Secretary General of the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) in Beirut on 20 October.

• Vol 43 No 20
• 11/10/2002

Cottoning on to the WTO

Africans may ally with Brazilians against the USA to seek a fair deal for cotton experts

• Vol 43 No 20
• 11/10/2002

Millennial

US government departments are fighting for control of President George W. Bush's trumpeted Millennium Challenge Account, eventually worth US$5 billion a year.

• Vol 43 No 19
• 27/09/2002

Uranium trail

British Premier Tony Blair's claim that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein tried to get 'significant quantities of uranium from Africa' seems to be drawn from sources in South Africa and Congo-Kinshasa.

• Vol 43 No 18
• 13/09/2002

Water music

The much-maligned World Summit on Sustainable Development may have pulled off one success, not so much in endorsing the goal of halving the number of those who lack access to water or sanitation by 2015, as in dealing realistically with the actual provisi...

• Vol 43 No 12
• 14/06/2002

Climbing to the summit

Rich countries may help on peacekeeping and health but will offer little to African exporters