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  • Vol 43 No 12
  • 14/06/2002

Ancien régime

France may claim to have invented human rights but it has seen its role as the champion of liberty usurped by American, British and Scandinavian governments and private foundations. Alarmed by the loss of France's traditional influence, the then Socialis...

  • Vol 43 No 11
  • 31/05/2002

Bank accountability

The United States Congress may compel US banks to disclose accounts held by foreign politicians, when state funds may have been stolen. On 9 May, the House of Representatives Financial Institutions and Services Committee discussed ways to tackle corruptio...

  • Vol 43 No 11
  • 31/05/2002

Steal community

Europe's vested interests could block the anti-corruption reforms pushed by, among others, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the Council of Europe's anti-corruption mechanism, called 'Greco'. The Italian government under...

  • Vol 43 No 5
  • 08/03/2002

African energy

Western concerns about instability in the Middle East send oil companies south

  • Vol 43 No 5
  • 08/03/2002

The other Tanzanite

France's first military exercise in English-speaking Africa, Tanzanite III on 11-22 February, got top marks in public, while its sponsors carried on bickering about what to 'do' about Africa. The closing fly-over and parachute drop showed that the Souther...

  • Vol 43 No 4
  • 22/02/2002

Saying yes, saying no

Rich countries aren't offering much aid or freer markets in response to Africa's development plan

  • Vol 43 No 3
  • 08/02/2002

Designer diplomacy

At face value the omens could hardly be worse for Prime Minister Tony Blair's West Africa tour from 6-10 February. First stop Nigeria has been blighted by an arms dump explosion killing more than 1,000 people, a police strike and communal clashes ­ al...

  • Vol 43 No 2
  • 25/01/2002

Bear markets

The rich world's recession hits Africa's prospects but reform goes slowly on

  • Vol 43 No 1
  • 11/01/2002

Raelity

The Raelian Movement claims 55,000 members worldwide and is campaigning to increase its African membership. In mid-December Rael, its leader, was visiting Congo-Brazzaville, by invitation of President Denis Sassou-Nguesso himself.

  • Vol 42 No 25
  • 21/12/2001

Oil slick

Legal sources in Paris say the long, venomous investigations into oil company Elf-Aquitaine will be buried before May's presidential election. Elf, merged in 1998-9 with Franco-Belgian giant TotalFina, used to be a furtive arm of French policy in Africa.

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