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  • Vol 46 No 18
  • 09/09/2005

Terror imperative

Britain will soon have defence attachés (DAs) in Algeria and Sudan but will lose its DA in Angola and probably other African countries to pay for them. A sergeant is preparing a Defence Section for an attaché in the Algiers Embassy, we h...

  • Vol 45 No 20
  • 08/10/2004

Gullible's travels

'African Voices' is the trendy title of the Commission for Africa (CFA) meeting in Addis Ababa on 7-8 October. Chaired by UK Premier Tony Blair, who launched the CFA in February, this is the second of three meetings.

  • Vol 45 No 10
  • 14/05/2004

Diamond defamation

Oryx Natural Resources has finally lost the legal battle to clear its name and dropped its libel action against the London daily The Independent, which accused the company of money laundering, diamond smuggling and lying about its links with the Zimbabwea...

  • Vol 45 No 4
  • 20/02/2004

Sins of omission

Irish Africa campaigner and rock musician Sir Bob Geldof has persuaded British Prime Minister Tony Blair to set up a commission on Africa to coincide with Britain's chairing of the Group of Eight industrial countries and its presidency of the European Uni...

  • Vol 43 No 23
  • 22/11/2002

Work with sanctions

Business people keen to circumvent sanctions' should indeed, as we predicted, flock to a British government sponsored oil conference called 'Working with sanctions'

  • Vol 43 No 22
  • 08/11/2002

Sanctions no problem

Business people keen to circumvent sanctions should flock to a British-government sponsored conference in London on 26-27 November. 'Working with Sanctions' promises 'new market opportunities in country case studies on Afghanistan, Cuba, Nigeria, Angola, ...

  • Vol 43 No 3
  • 08/02/2002

Designer diplomacy

At face value the omens could hardly be worse for Prime Minister Tony Blair's West Africa tour from 6-10 February. First stop Nigeria has been blighted by an arms dump explosion killing more than 1,000 people, a police strike and communal clashes ­ al...

  • Vol 42 No 23
  • 23/11/2001

Armed and dangerous

Arms supplies to countries such as Zimbabwe and Congo-Kinshasa will be more tightly controlled, says Britain's Minister of State for Trade, Nigel Griffiths. UK-based arms dealers breaking embargoes will face tougher investigation and penalties under a new...

  • Vol 42 No 17
  • 31/08/2001

Birds of a feather

The leadership struggle in Britain's Conservative Party has an African dimension. After one of right-winger Iain Duncan Smith's backers was expelled last week from the party for also backing the even-further-right British National Party, another was frown...

  • Vol 42 No 12
  • 15/06/2001

The Blair mission

After a second landslide, Britain's PM promises more time for Africa this term

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