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  • Vol 46 No 6
  • 18/03/2005

Moral choice

Ethically-inclined capitalists faced a tough choice in London on 17 March. Is it to be the Corporate Social Responsibility event at Chatham House backed by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, or the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative confer...

  • Vol 46 No 5
  • 04/03/2005

The Blair report - unveiled

The Africa Commission will call on rich countries to double aid budgets and open their markets immediately

  • Vol 46 No 5
  • 04/03/2005

The Africa Commission: people and money

The Africa Commission comprises 17 Commissioners including Prime Minister Tony Blair; Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown; International Development Minister Hilary Benn; South Africa's Finance Minister Trevor Manuel; and Tanzania's President Benjami...

  • Vol 46 No 2
  • 21/01/2005

Aid, trade and reform

Hopes are high for faster growth this year as G8 countries promise more backing for Africa

  • Vol 46 No 2
  • 21/01/2005

Heading higher

The International Monetary Fund's forecast of average growth of 5.8 per cent for sub-Saharan Africa this year is the region's best out-turn for 30 years. The bigger question is how higher growth will reduce Africa's poverty. The figures include fast-gr...

  • Vol 45 No 25
  • 17/12/2004

Don't sign anything

The United States wants to ensure that its citizens (and those of its ally, Israel) are not summonsed by the International Criminal Court (ICC), set up under the Rome Treaty to deal with crimes against humanity and genocide. Several countries in Africa...

  • Vol 45 No 20
  • 08/10/2004

Gullible's travels

'African Voices' is the trendy title of the Commission for Africa (CFA) meeting in Addis Ababa on 7-8 October. Chaired by UK Premier Tony Blair, who launched the CFA in February, this is the second of three meetings.

  • Vol 45 No 19
  • 24/09/2004

A very old connection

Portugal and Africa go back a very long way and in Lisbon they plan for rejuvenation

  • Vol 45 No 19
  • 24/09/2004

The team on the Tagus

Portugal's new Prime Minister, Pedro Santana Lopes, is a former Mayor of Lisbon with little experience of foreign affairs. He will leave them to the new Foreign Minister, António Monteiro, an Africa expert hand-picked by José Manuel Dur&...

  • Vol 45 No 14
  • 09/07/2004

Military might

This week's military agreement between Rwanda and South Africa may be touted as African Union cooperation and regional peace-building. But some in Pretoria fear that if Kigali continues to meddle in Congo-Kinshasa, South Africa will be blamed for helping ...

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