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  • Vol 52 No 15
  •  22nd July 2011

Nairobi needs its fix

Politicians and police show no signs of investigating two people named as ‘drugs kingpins’ by the US government

  • Vol 52 No 8
  •  15th April 2011

Through the Wikihole

The publication by WikiLeaks of the US Nairobi Embassy’s cables affords a unique and stark view of the country’s ruling figures

  • Vol 52 No 8
  •  15th April 2011

Fixing finances

A peaceful end to Luanda’s diplomatic dispute with the United States is in sight. US banks had closed Luanda’s bank accounts and Angola retaliated by detaining a ship from the USA (AC Vol 52 No 7). The banks were worried about liability, especially when d...

  • Vol 52 No 7
  •  1st April 2011

Hello and good-bye

Just as United States-based Kosmos Energy is about to launch an Initial Public Offering (IPO) on the New York Stock Exchange to finance operations in Ghana’s Jubilee field, the Polisario Front is demanding Kosmos halt drilling in the giant Boujdour block ...

  • Vol 52 No 7
  •  1st April 2011

School meals and bullets

The Angolan government detained the United States-flagged Maersk Constellation container ship at the port of Lobito between 28 February and 17 March. This was in retaliation for the closure of its Washington Embassy’s bank accounts by three US banks betwe...

  • Vol 52 No 6
  •  18th March 2011

Questions on terror

Just as the United States was preparing to remove the Sudan regime from its State Sponsors of Terrorism (SST) list, Khartoum has a hosted a conference of international Islamists, including some the USA lists as ‘terrorist’. It hosted the eighth annual...

  • Vol 52 No 4
  •  18th February 2011

No uranium for Tehran

United States’ worries over possible uranium sales to Iran from the planned Valencia mine in west-central Namibia may have blocked its sale to George Forrest International (GFI), according to US State Department cables published by WikiLeaks. Valencia’s e...

  • Vol 51 No 25
  •  17th December 2010

Diplomacy overheard

Stripped of polite posturing, the leaked cables offer both predictable assessments and occasional insights into US thinking on the continent

  • Vol 51 No 25
  •  17th December 2010

Careless cables cost lives

Wikileaks, or its helpers in the mainstream press, have failed in at least five instances to protect sensitive sources quoted by United States’ diplomats in cables that they have published. The names of some were redacted, although other information was l...

  • Vol 51 No 24
  •  3rd December 2010

Closing the laundries

Angola is considering retaliating against United States' companies and the US Embassy in Luanda over the Bank of America's closure of its Washington Embassy accounts, we hear. It is insisting that the US Department of State solve the problem. More deta...

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