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Vol 41 No 25
22nd December 2000

End of empire

The latest would-be peacemaker for Congo-Kinshasa is the President of neighbouring Congo-Brazzaville, Denis Sassou Nguesso.

Vol 41 No 24
8th December 2000

France is rocked by scandals involving some former key Africa policy-makers. Ex-Minister of Cooperation for Development, Michel Roussin, was let out after five nights in gaol on 6 December on bail of 300,000 French francs (US$40,000) while police recently...

Vol 41 No 6
17th March 2000

All change

A complex row over oil, French troops, and links with rebels has boiled over

Vol 40 No 19
24th September 1999

Another Euroland

Prospects for economic union in West Africa, at least among the CFA Franc Zone countries, are looking up. The Union Economique et Monétaire Ouest-Africaine is pushing ahead with plans to abolish internal tariffs by 1 January. Dahuku Pere, who chair...

Vol 40 No 16
6th August 1999

Jacques' jaunt

President Jacques Chirac's four-country hurtle round West Africa (21-24 July) was a damp squib. He lacks the verve of his more cerebral predecessor François Mitterrand who had set much store by his own pro-democracy pronouncements at the La Baule ...

Vol 40 No 15
23rd July 1999

Totally elfin

The company which dominated many African economies may soon be transformed

Vol 40 No 6
19th March 1999

Franc-zone to Euroland

Europe's new currency is raising some tricky issues in Francophone Africa

Vol 40 No 6
19th March 1999

Une autre entente II

The entente cordiale on Africa between London and Paris is warming up after Foreign Secretary Robin Cook and his French counterpart Hubert Védrine's double act in Accra and Abidjan on 10-11 March. While the stated goals – ‘clearer procedures for working ...

Vol 40 No 2
22nd January 1999

Une autre entente

It is a reflection of how grave the region’s spiralling conflicts are that Britain and France are now working more closely on Africa policy than at any time since General Charles de Gaulle established a base for the Free French (Resistance) in West Africa...

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