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  • Vol 45 No 4
  •  20th February 2004

Desert shadows

Reports of an ambush at the end of January somewhere between 'north of Tamanrasset' in southern Algeria and northern Mali point to the complex and lethal war games under way across Africa's belt of Muslim states. The shadowy geography derives from the fac...

  • Vol 44 No 19
  •  26th September 2003

Walter's woes II

US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Walter Kansteiner III is leaving his post in November, we hear, to spend more time with his young family (AC Vol 43 No 22). His able aide-de-camp Jim Dunlap may go, too. The war on terrorism and domestic...

  • Vol 44 No 14
  •  11th July 2003

Kidnapped I

Churches, the governing United Democratic Front, the United States' Save the Children Fund and the Muslim Association of Malawi were early casualties of Malawi's 'war on terrorism'. Muslim crowds attacked them after police arrested five foreign citizens a...

  • Vol 44 No 14
  •  11th July 2003

Kidnapped II

Just in time for President George W. Bush's visit to Gaberone on 10 July, a row has blow up over allegations that five suspected supporters of Al Qaida were kidnapped in Malawi by US security agents after being handed over by Malawian security on 21 June ...

  • Vol 44 No 11
  •  30th May 2003

Spinning the continent

Washington's political managers believe their Africa policy can win votes at home and undermine France at the G-8 summit

  • Vol 44 No 11
  •  30th May 2003

Getting to know the Colonel again

One-time Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Chester Crocker and two American oil companies are urging President George W. Bush to start a cautious rapprochement with Libya. Although Crocker remains influential on Africa policy, this advice f...

  • Vol 43 No 22
  •  8th November 2002

Who's for the White House?

Washington promises carrots for its allies and sticks for all the rest

  • Vol 43 No 22
  •  8th November 2002

Walter's woes

Walter H. Kansteiner III looks worried. The trigger for his troubles is his Sudan policy which has annoyed his White House mentor. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Kansteiner is a consummate businessman: he cut his teeth as a cocoa and cof...

  • Vol 43 No 20
  •  11th October 2002

Millennial

US government departments are fighting for control of President George W. Bush's trumpeted Millennium Challenge Account, eventually worth US$5 billion a year.

  • Vol 43 No 17
  •  30th August 2002

Not forgotten

The anniversary of the 11 September attacks has brought a surprise for the National Islamic Front government: the demand by over 600 victims' relatives for more than US$1 trillion in damages. 'The Republic of Sudan' is the only state defendant in a civil ...

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