en-gbhttp://www.africa-confidential.comAfrica Confidential's latest newsletter from www.africa-confidential.comhttp://www.africa-confidential.com/images/logo_small.gifhttp://www.africa-confidential.comhttp://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/2860/The-waiting-gameFri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMTPresidential contenders, ministerial hopefuls and errant state governors are all caught up in the capital's political paralysisNigeria4923http://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/2860/The-waiting-gamewww.africa-confidential.comwww.africa-confidential.comhttp://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/2861/Among-the-survivorsFri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMTAfter months of speculation, President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua has sacked half his cabinet but retained several of his old associates and surprisingly kept on a few of the worst-performing ministers, presumably for political reasons. Among the survivors ar...Nigeria4923http://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/2861/Among-the-survivorswww.africa-confidential.comwww.africa-confidential.comhttp://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/2862/Changes-ahead-for-UN-forcesFri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMTAfrica's crises may prompt radical reform of the mandates and structures of peacekeeping operationsAfrica, United Nations4923http://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/2862/Changes-ahead-for-UN-forceswww.africa-confidential.comwww.africa-confidential.comhttp://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/2863/Banda%2c-the-successorFri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMTThe new President Banda will have to tackle rising inflation and falling export revenueZambia4923http://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/2863/Banda%2c-the-successorwww.africa-confidential.comwww.africa-confidential.comhttp://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/2864/Banda-boxes-cleverFri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMTOnce the promoter of Lottie Mwale, Zambia's Commonwealth boxing champion (1974-83), President Rupiah Bwezani Banda rolls with the punches in Southern Africa's difficult politics. In his long career, he has jumped from party activist to ambassador to f...Zambia4923http://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/2864/Banda-boxes-cleverwww.africa-confidential.comwww.africa-confidential.comhttp://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/2865/Nujoma's-graspFri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMTThe ex-President's loyalists obstruct and may destroy his successor's gentler governmentNamibia4923http://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/2865/Nujoma's-graspwww.africa-confidential.comwww.africa-confidential.comhttp://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/2866/The-man-who-says-noFri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMTRebel leader Laurent Nkunda likes to compare his relentless campaign against the Kinshasa government with the military resistance of General Charles de Gaulle, 'the man who said no'. Taking the parallels further, Nkunda has announced the formation of a provisional government in eastern Congo and threatens to march on the Kabila government. Without substantial back-up for the UN peacekeepers and a turnaround by the government forces, Nkunda's wild ambitions will face few obstacles.Congo-KinshasaAnalysis4923http://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/2866/The-man-who-says-nowww.africa-confidential.comwww.africa-confidential.comhttp://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/2867/How-smuggling-pays-for-killingFri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMTMost of the Kivu belligerents profit, one way or another, from the two provinces' precious reserves of gold, cassiterite and colombo-tantalite (coltan). Gold and coffee smuggling has been going on for years. A British journalist, Nick Gordon, publishe...Congo-Kinshasa4923http://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/2867/How-smuggling-pays-for-killingwww.africa-confidential.comwww.africa-confidential.comhttp://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/2868/Bringing-in-the-harvestFri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMTAn African food-production triumph raises questions about the purpose and value of Western aidMalawi4923http://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/2868/Bringing-in-the-harvestwww.africa-confidential.comwww.africa-confidential.comhttp://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/2869/The-aid-debate%3a-good%2c-bad-or-misplacedFri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMTSome say that all aid is good aid. British Premier Gordon Brown, as Chancellor of the Exchequer in 2005 said: 'Let us double aid to halve poverty.' Irish campaigner Bob Geldof in 2005 (attributed): 'Something must be done; anything must be done, wheth...Malawi4923http://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/2869/The-aid-debate%3a-good%2c-bad-or-misplacedwww.africa-confidential.comwww.africa-confidential.comhttp://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/2870/The-Gono-hot-air-balloonFri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMTThe Reserve Bank Governor has declared war on the currency with disastrous resultsZimbabwe4923http://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/2870/The-Gono-hot-air-balloonwww.africa-confidential.comwww.africa-confidential.comhttp://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/2871/A-mysterious-US%24100-millionFri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMTVital questions emerge from the US dollarisation of Zimbabwe: where have all the US bills come from? How long can the supply continue? How will they be replaced once they become tattered from overuse? Everyone from street vendors to foreign exchange b...Zimbabwe4923http://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/2871/A-mysterious-US%24100-millionwww.africa-confidential.comwww.africa-confidential.comhttp://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/2872/A-kidnapped-colonelFri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMTWho kidnapped a presidential nephew in Yaounde; and why the neighbours disagree so oftenCameroon, Equatorial Guinea4923http://www.africa-confidential.com/article/id/2872/A-kidnapped-colonelwww.africa-confidential.comwww.africa-confidential.com