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  • Vol 52 No 22
  •  4th November 2011

Confused war aims cause alarm

Kenya’s military incursion into Somalia is less than a month old but is already the subject of contradictory statements by the government and its Western allies. Al Haraka al Shabaab al Mujahideen is under threat from the Kenya Armed Forces and their alli...

  • Vol 52 No 20
  •  7th October 2011

Getting the right numbers

It is the biggest economic success story in Africa. The growth of mobile telephony is phenomenal – in numbers, in jobs created and in the economic development it is driving. African software engineers are pioneering the development of payment systems over...

  • Vol 52 No 10
  •  13th May 2011

Stabilisation now, reconciliation later

Ouattara is a strong Western ally but his national skills are more of an unknown quantity as he tries to reconcile his own fractious forces as well as Gbagbo’s loyalists. With Gbagbo confined in the north under UN guard and his forces demoralised or captu...

  • Vol 52 No 9
  •  29th April 2011

Local elections threaten the ANC's national grip

Municipal elections do not always stir passions but those on 18 May hold great significance for an African National Congress beset by infighting and disunity. They promise to be the most competitive polls since majority rule began in 1994 and will affect ...

  • Vol 52 No 9
  •  29th April 2011

Towns at risk for the ANC

The ANC faces tough electoral competition in several constituencies.

  • Vol 52 No 6
  •  18th March 2011

Pushing for probity

Pressure is growing for greater accountability and transparency in oil and mining operations, especially in Africa, due to the strengthening of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative and the imminent application of the United States’ Dodd-Fr...

  • Vol 51 No 17
  •  27th August 2010

The battle of the Nile

Egypt and Sudan are playing a central role in the dispute over the Nile. They know they can no longer ignore the thirst for water of the seven upstream countries but are focussed on their own growing needs. The five states most concerned, led by Ethiopia,...

  • Vol 51 No 16
  •  6th August 2010

New pressure on the war-minerals link

Congo's 'clean' minerals are more politically toxic than buyers would like

  • Vol 51 No 10
  •  14th May 2010

Elections loom as Kabila comes under fire from all sides

Next month, Congolese will mark 50 troubled years of Independence from Belgium amid growing concern about security and development prospects under President Kabila’s government. Kabila and the ruling PPRD are feverishly preparing for elections next yea...

  • Vol 51 No 8
  •  16th April 2010

Le scandale pétrolier

The country now produces a paltry 25,000 barrels a day but the big international oil companies are lining up to buy their way into Congo-Kinshasa. Smaller companies have been locked in wrangles with each other and successive Kinshasa officials for several...

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