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- Vol 49 No 23
- 14/11/2008
Espion embarrassant
The leaked diaries of former French intelligence chief Yves Bertrand have enraged and amused the political establishment in Paris, which is already intrigued by the accusations of high-level corruption made by the prosecutors in the ongoing Angolagate ...
- Vol 49 No 21
- 17/10/2008
Obama rings the changes
African citizens enthuse about the prospect of an Obama presidency, but their governments are much more cautious
- Vol 49 No 21
- 17/10/2008
Diplomats on the campaign trail
Barack Obama is taking no chances on foreign policy, seen as one of his weaknesses against Senator John McCain who has been in Congress since 1983.
- Vol 49 No 21
- 17/10/2008
Africa and the credit crash
Africa’s economies growing faster on average than all other regions, except Asia, but how will they fare when the global slowdown bites?
- Vol 49 No 20
- 03/10/2008
Financial and political chaos
As equities and corporate fortunes plummeted outside, diplomats discussed aid pledges and peackeeping
- Vol 49 No 20
- 03/10/2008
The Millennium stops here
The Millennium Goals remain elusive and controversial
- Vol 49 No 20
- 03/10/2008
Alarmed allies
The United States government's facility for ignoring the crimes of its allies in the 'Global War on Terror' is again being challenged, this time from the inside. On 22 September, Senator Russell D. Feingold (Democrat, Wisconsin), Chairman of the S...
- Vol 49 No 19
- 19/09/2008
Exorcising demons
The United States Republican Party seems eager to rival the African credentials of Democratic contender Barack Obama with its international links. The Republicans’ Vice-Presidential candidate and Governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin, credits itinerant Kenya...
- Vol 49 No 10
- 09/05/2008
It's the price that counts
It is easy to find culprits for the food crisis in Africa, from the West's push for biofuels to China's newly well-fed middle class. The fact is that food supplies are short and prices therefore high in the short term - and probably in the long term to...
- Vol 49 No 5
- 29/02/2008
Bush, the farewell tour
President George Bush's five-country African tour on 16-21 February met with varied reactions. He was burned in effigy in Dar es Salaam and praised in Kigali by Irish singer and activist Bob Geldof, who said that Bush has 'done more (for Africa) than any ...
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