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- Vol 51 No 15
- 23/07/2010
Storm in an oil barrel
A commercial dispute between the government and a US oil company has become diplomatically damaging – so President Mills is looking for a way out
- Vol 51 No 11
- 28/05/2010
Dangote is a Gooner
The eagerness of the United States-based private equity firm Blackstone to talk up the value of Nina Bracewell Smith’s 16% stake in Arsenal Football Club may have prompted Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote to pull out of the sale talks.
- Vol 51 No 11
- 28/05/2010
More boots on the ground
The United States Department of Defence is considering assigning a permanent army to its Africa military command, Africom. At present, Africom has to source all the troops it uses for continental operations from other regional commands. Typically, they ...
- Vol 51 No 6
- 19/03/2010
US military calls up Europe
Washington wants the European Union to work with its African military missions, which may be more complicated than it seems
- Vol 51 No 6
- 19/03/2010
Military money
In budget-cutting Washington DC, European cooperation is welcome even if European budgets are a fraction of United States’ funds. The US government has cut its Africom budget to US$278 million this year, compared to $310 mn. in 2009. Africom has about 1,3...
- Vol 51 No 4
- 19/02/2010
Beating up the bankers
A Congressional probe shows how banks in the USA welcomed stolen funds from Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and Nigeria
- Vol 51 No 4
- 19/02/2010
If you sincerely want to be rich
In February, the United States Senate Subcommittee on Investigations produced evidence on the transfer of illicit and suspect funds from African regimes to the USA. Its report highlighted lax US regulatory standards and the dubious activities of high-prof...
- Vol 51 No 4
- 19/02/2010
The junta explains
The putschists use former Pentagon officials to polish their image
- Vol 51 No 4
- 19/02/2010
Quiet trips to DC
The National Congress Party (aka National Islamic Front) wants to stop the world challenging its planned April election victory. A quiet push last month on debt relief and the United States’ sanctions may not succeed this year but the diplomacy boosts the...
- Vol 51 No 3
- 05/02/2010
More money for the military
The Pentagon is expanding the reach and role of its new Africa command after a shaky start
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