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  • Vol 49 No 6
  • 14/03/2008

Cocaine coast

Ghana, Guinea-Bissau and Mauritania were singled out as key locations for drugs transhipments by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime's (UNODC) report for 2008. Diplomatic sources estimate that cocaine transhipments from West Africa to Europe ...

  • Vol 49 No 1
  • 11/01/2008

Kingmakers and charlatans

Nigeria’s presidential contenders head for the courts while Ghana’s political veterans head for the hustings

  • Vol 49 No 1
  • 11/01/2008

From war to peace

Hopes are high that two of West Africa’s most war-devastated states – Liberia and Sierra Leone – will both see substantial turnarounds in 2008. Both governments have in place impressive teams of technical specialists under Liberia’s President Ellen Johnso...

  • Vol 48 No 13
  • 22/06/2007

Post-war hopes hit trouble

A trip along the West African seaboard today might persuade an averagely optimistic traveller that life is getting better

  • Vol 48 No 13
  • 22/06/2007

The cocaine web spreads

Latin America's druglords are doing multimillion dollar business with West Africa's military and their politician pals

  • Vol 48 No 13
  • 22/06/2007

All aboard

The new United States Africa Command (Africom) is not yet operational but the US Navy plans to put ships into the Gulf of Guinea before the formal start-up. A transition team in Stuttgart, Germany, hopes to have the command structure ready by autumn 2...

  • Vol 48 No 1
  • 12/01/2007

Annivesaries and elections

Voters gather in Nigeria, Mali and Senegal while diplomats head to Accra for celebrations and summits

  • Vol 48 No 1
  • 12/01/2007

Candidates and rivals

One of the few genuinely popular public officials in Nigeria, Nuhu Ribadu, head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission will be a key player in the electoral cycle. Fond of dark suits, his targets are many – and his track record impressive. The po...

  • Vol 47 No 1
  • 06/01/2006

Oil and oligarchs

Oil bonanzas, succession struggles and post-war elections make an explosive regional cocktail

  • Vol 46 No 16
  • 05/08/2005

Oil, dollars and votes

Elections and energy security are focusing more attention on the region's flashpoints

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