Military justice Seek asylum elsewhere No licence to drill Who loves ya, BBY? After Ellen ANC dilemma deepens Court in the cross-fire Donors risk funding a fix Letting a crisis go to waste Trading places and faces Battle of the opinion polls Murder most foul Luanda uneasy as poll approaches Khartoum comes to Kensington Bye bye magic money tree Nkaissery leaves the stage Growth and less opportunity Sanctions test for Trump The high cost of fighting fraud Magufuli's law Diezani in their sights Losing control in Kasaï A landslide foretold Reforms stall as unrest eases Killing fields in the Rift Valley Escrow case takes wing In a state of suspense IMF to rescue of CFA Sassou's family values Cyril's musical chairs Rock and Kroll Casino Jack plays his hand No last trump for AGOA Polarisation politics Vote-rigging just got harder Closer and closer Action plan to crack the Inga enigma Split threatens food supplies EFF-ANC alliance floated UN joins G-5 force Friends in African places The ghost of elections past UK vote stalls trade talks Chill in the air for Chenge Risks for all in mining row Opinion polls in question Mugabe the juggler Trafigura aims for gas prize Factional fireworks threaten party Refining impurities Dos Santos’s Cannes do son Rif in revolt Army shadow over polls Uhuru sweats as Raila rallies Here come the data-miners Insiders dissect secret audit Zuma's chaos theory A test of wills over mining States of failure The great growth divide Bow ties, flashing smiles and the big sell Mali for Macron Economically bankrupt Cash and cache The fall of 'King Paul' …A harsher one in Mogadishu A hopeful view in London… Germany's turn to Africa Kabila thriving on chaos Secret deal to end copper war Inflation fears are back The Anglophone spring A date with destiny Militias change gear as violence surges What Bongo owes An avenger unmasked Thiam verdict makes waves High Court, high drama Polls provide no answers Uhuru spends, Raila promises Majors push out the minnows Spat with FQM continues Spinning Africa in Europe No place to hide Everyone's fault but Zuma's Bitter pills for the politicians Primary colours Less Blair for Africa Macky challenger gaoled The trillion rand thank you Corruption climate warming Vaz clings to power Concealing disappointment Finding Africa on K Street Bongo's fund embrace A meandering audit trail Mr Gigabyte's baptism of fire To sue or to schmooze Motorcade, treason and plot Guelleh quells opponents No pay, no ports, no deal Desperation and inspiration Runway overrun Sex, rebels and Paris trips Heroes and villains Lungu's way and the highway New populist hires old faces Ambition and ethics New script in KwaZulu-Natal Gigaba raises sights still higher Zuma's edifice starts to wobble Magufuli backs hard man SACP threatens JZ Water emergency Plan Bibi for AU Bye bye Benkirane Timis takes shine off boom Omens and portents Bank scandals hit MPLA hard Combat and compromise The great oil chase Storm over $10,000 permit Pariahs united Broken China Standoff in the Sahara Mutharika's woes look terminal Squaring the triangle Mega-projects await reforms Peace moves stumble More progress, less movement Poll calendar under pressure Nyusi celebrates Exxon's entry How to repeat the Mugabe mantra Lungu’s terms and conditions Registering interest Compromise in Conakry Power before food Shock pick for PM Sour fate of sugar project Aides with agendas Bouteflika unbowed Hot-money boost for economy Health checks Museveni goes for gold Zuma's anti-Gordhan play A racing start in spite of the rocky finances An awkward tango for Gertler and Glencore Whose judge is it anyway? Access all assets Two trumpeteers overboard Don't read the fine print Poaching and gamekeeping Taylor tries to sway vote MPs reject foreigners' choice ZANU-PF digs for votes Professional fouls The untouchable funds Leader's demise imperils deal The state of Jacob Zuma's presidency Taylor calls politicians from prison Front lines in flux Squeezing the banks Another Kenya army base hit Jammeh's long goodbye Artfully dodging debt Kabila's co-opted cabinet Eritrea's unsettling alliance The endless election Warning shots from the army Kith, kin and cosh Naval deal under spotlight Calling Trumpsville The scramble for the chair Development state digs in Benkirane's 'bras de fer' Vote row threatens economy Hery's hard line Electoral test for Condé Out with the Ould The South fails the North Museveni's marathon Global shocks, local differences Paris sends Sahel signal The power and the glory Pressure-cooker polls Surviving elections and jihad Elusive legitimacy A coalition of hope Cold and hot wars Lungu for longer Mugabe's waiting room Frelimo's quagmire Power struggle goes nuclear A scorched earth peace Money and the military New order tackles old debts Partisan politics runs riot The bad loans bite back Jammeh feels the heat Breaking point MK vs JZ NASA for launch Gunning for aid Dos Santos picks his man Zille threat to De Lille The numbers game next year Killers crowd in Lungu against the law Preparing for the worst Gambia at the cliff-edge Things fall apart in Rivers vote A turning point vote for the Black Star Electoral process stumbles but stays on track  Sanogo finally on trial Old man trouble Army's 'Biafra' overreaction Gordhan in ratings war Pledges lack promise Timis's seam of woe Clinging to the wreckage 'Afrexit' on hold Kabila ducks and dives New faces, old tactics Grandees test the water Jobs and corruption dominate election agenda Fuel fund fracas Post mortem Loosing the bonds Shabaab fills Ethiopian vacuum Empty words on graft ISIS's Puntland stunt Starting the post-Zuma race Comradely disunity The burden of war and debt A heartbeat away from Lungu The bulldozer's light tread Nairobi flaunts its credentials Political schisms hit recovery and reform More growth, more debt Graft disrupts long goodbye Rio quits Simandou How to win friends Colliding worlds Taking a pounding The securocrats get stronger Amina jumps to the front A week of defeats for Zuma Getting ready for trouble More talk talk than walk walk The people's IMF Killing overshadows talks Buhari's kitchen cabinet Shifting borders south Premier Benkirane is back Ruling party ploughs on Diversification or bust Stalwarts push for Zuma's exit Killings threaten shaky peace Dar wins from regional shift Good gas and bad governance Kabila slides into a legitimacy crisis Iron Man One-man dialogues Coordinated exit Safe choice, vexed process Jubilee unites ahead of poll Electoral roads to federalism Did Khartoum cross the line? Jammeh tilts the playing field More guns, more secret debts Zuma largesse under fire Fears of a great unravelling Impatience From beer to betting Funds to remain New meetings, old answers Ramaphosa ready for launch Salva and Riek in the dock Death of a front-runner Age cannot weary him Push-ups and pushback Instability goes national No oil, no money, no deal Bad report card Political football claims aide Kasambara incarcerated Moi après Kenyatta? Judges in the firing line Funeral fusillade hits Zuma The debt merry-go-round EU tiptoes into minefield Uhuru goes banker-bashing Ouattara shores up legacy Bongo's incredible win Technology against tricksters Improbable poll Exeunt UN Pushing Sylvestre Oily enclave Chimwenje or chimera? Press on the button Power to the provinces Feds grab middleman No compromise, no bail A dollar emergency Ministry of muddle Lungu's victory under fire Bongo's sure bet One-party stasis Patriotism, politics and position Pax Salvatica Zuma carries on regardless The centre holds on Strategic, and shaky A curious coup Asylum alarums Kasaï takes off Zeroual's next move Bugging the buggers Rolling with the punches A look ahead Paris calling Reigning again Early retirement The clocks go back Trumping the King Septuagenarian struggle A cloudy dawn It's fine by the AU Run-off wrangle Nkosazana's trial balloon Signing bonus Fear stalks the law Riek rival boosts Salva Racing to the finish Unending flow of Cashgate The scramble for the spoils Juicier carrots, heavier sticks Trovoada's triumph Big win for Vaz Another restive region Saudi wants one too A gathering storm Kaizar the kingpin Lungu's media vendetta Dos Santos takes stock, shares ANC unruffled by DA surge Finally, the AU moves in Dollar crisis puts opposition on the streets Red Sea wrangles Trying treason Dam fine Chip off the oil block Warnings of a bad election Cracks widen in peace deal Frelimo's ostrich plan Mercy and Machiavelli Gadaffi's desperate bid Old guards try new uniforms Ellen's followers A close political race gets angrier Angry Sisi lashes judiciary Not the last Post Tighter rules on war booty The Delta-naira yoyo The big rand short The General's identity crisis Condé follows regional lead Bird flu ruffles feathers Political plots in a slow month From putschist to third termer A new deal in the East Battles on the judges' bench Political questions loom as debt deal is set for September Destabilising NGOs Dam Provocations Stand-off over Dadaab The Sonangol is you Not the court of Africa Hacks off The soul of transparency Memories of regimes past A 'presidential coup' Hangover cures in Lusaka Political football over the ref Budget battles as election race heats up Assassins and arrow boys Separating mosque and state Guptas' export drive State of fear Filling Obiang's boots Mine sale prompts tax grab Sable bribery repercussions ICC down but not out Economic sands start to shift Xenophobia on the rise Anniversary ambushed Sovereign default looms Katumbi enlists US against Kabila Avengers assemble Biya's time added on Sahel on the Rhine Clamping down on Katumbi Power without responsibility Counties at the crossroads Sable's rich seam of bribes Perils of the pipeline Secret security debts devastate economy Papa's posthumous politics US comes to struggling Amisom's aid Missing men mar Déby’s win Railroading senators Third premier lucky Kidal's tense calm ANC cries 'mayday' A charter for trouble Parties to many disputes  Raiders hit Gambella All change in Praia Morgan goes it alone Democrats under fire Big sister's olive branch Who's killing who? Fast one A barbouze returns  Sanctions steam Dividing Africa Viva Bafana Bafana Shrinking horizons Aydeed again Kérékou tries a comeback Keeping what peace? IMF cut-off follows secret debt shock Guptas fly out Guelleh opts for landslide Post-election gunfire Party pooper Union at all costs Economy thwarts Buhari Rabat's Cold War manoeuvre Zuma's many foes mobilise Desperately seeking dollars Kabila delays, Katumbi hovers Ponyo plays banker Africa probes the Panama connection A last blast for sanctions Justice in question Shein's tarnished win POW row heals Issoufou woos General's quarters Darfur votes under fire Little rain on Bongo's parade The shoo-in is booed off What price recovery? Sassou makes it modest Dollar curbs anger bigwigs Night of the generals Old problems for Sisi’s new faces Reshuffle and a long goodbye Clearing decks and debts Stop-go Simandou Grand Comore's turn The meaning of 'aid' Cleared by cash Terror on the beach Nyusi's resolve in doubt Bye-election fever Gordhan and Zuma slug it out Oromia erupts Drawing a line in Libya The power struggle after Hassan el Turabi Ganja grief Coup down under  Island mentality Voice of Babel Unsanctioned Bad luck Museveni's party piece Super-charged Mbeki Mandela's front line Another country, another law Born-again poll British bail-out Low flying More Lon – less Rho Lessons not learned Against the grain Which foreign policy? Eyes right Advocates, advisors and accountants Money and the military Monrovia muggings Funding fall-off Soldiers' schemes Last chance alliance Break for the border Oleaginous Diamonds, dollars and democracy Falling out parade Banker is as banker does Licence to print American in Africa Changing the guard Palace moves Donors defeated Offshore, offside Big Ben Ali strikes When the Pharaoh calls Can't stay, can't go Guptas 'to leave SA' Knock-out in two Ex-ally vs Sassou Guelleh's court shame Lungu schemes to survive Amisom struggles Blaise the Ivorian Death on the beach Cash in a cold climate Back to Ogoniland Trial of strength at the top Spender takes all It’s the contract election A disputed state of the nation Talk in New York, war in the Horn Naked guns Oil on its own Code breaking Edging and hedging General Chameleon Africa and the Vatican The fading Nats Cyril the suit Sacking the Sultan The political poison spreads Gold gain goes Past and present Bucks and trucks No vote, no peace Missing person What happened in Harare? Getting to the people Debts to Déby New leader's old problems Protest grows over Museveni win New danger in the Kivus One country for old men The fight moves south Stuck at the airport Zupta Inc. An arresting event Zinsou stretches his lead The political toll of Ebola ANC heads for the hills The great militant chase Zuma bows to business War for the soul of the state Angel on a pinhead Out of control Mad meat Soldiers hold on Asylum? No, thanks Succession battle Sisters and brothers Safer franc? Shuffling Inside or outside? War in the north Museveni's party Military mumbles Mutineers' mistake Heart of Anglo Army in brief  Condé strikes out on his own The long arm of Al Qaida The Nocal diet Bengal paper tiger Poll delay cheers Kabila Gordhan's short leash Off with his ed Rows in the echo chamber Peace deal stalls again Intervention that never was The logic of naira nationalism Mujuru goes for glory First ladies first How the next election will be won Army in brief  On the border Hands across the water Toes in the water  On the mend The state is sick  Missing godfather Tight fight  It's my party Fat margins King's pawns  Not in charge, yet  Together against Jerry  Too much truth  A return match  Blaming Blaise Frail constitutions The campaign gaol trail Banda on the run Africa tries to keep up Blow to yuan plan A cure that could kill Al Shabaab sees off Da'ish Democracy sans frontières AU force eyes Burundi Pentagon expands in Africa Currency crunch After the 'rising' – now reform and realism Fighting flares in Tete Border butchery Talking Sharia João's trip To Boutros or not My uncle, the President The king speaks out Rabat tries reform Dodging democracy Commonwealth collapse White Zulus Back to the kraal Café assassins Radio controlled Missing Mandela Holy days We split, they split Soldiers for sale Hutu guerrillas Bullet proof Intervention on the agenda Naming of parts Digging deep Sall tries to look strong ADO looks ahead Tough people, weak leader President on probation Issoufou the insouciant Rumblings among the rivals Investment and insecurity 2017 polls cast long shadow An implausible government Division all around Make or break for Nyusi Political earthquakes ahead The survival imperative Strong man, strong growth Power cuts may sway polls Big tests beckon for Buhari New ideas, harder times and a few surprises Buyoya perhaps Dust on the diamonds Biya good boy Pré carré revisted Lungu hangs on 'Greater Addis' anger New SEC rules Edmonds in Ethiopia The Kinshasa shell game Soro has phone trouble Taking down Tompolo Pig-in-a-poke or panacea? EFF's economic roadshow Dissent dogs DA leadership Jacob Zuma's costly week Luanda rewards its own Buthelezi's battlers White power Changing gear slowly Warning from Addis Malay straits Chasse gardée Making a hash of it No man an island The people's land Museveni's new model army The foreign fronts Aydeed's legacy Divided they rise Towards breaking point Police under fire for excesses Cognitive dissonance The Brits are coming Attack targets peace deal Cyril looks to his heartland Pepsi's political partner The return of OPL 245 Hage's big tent Base motives Vive la différence Chinese inherit law suit How real the zeal? Nyusi's nightmare Stalemate over Koidu diamonds as economy sinks Miami vice Politically correct Guéi goes Balance of terror The boss is back Lissouba lite Gloomy boom Opening up the ANC Go East, young man Hot pursuits Less funds for guns Man-made floods Military operation No more Nujoma Deft Diouf Sorting out Savimbi An uphill struggle Holding out hope Fight, don't talk Museveni's pipeline dream Unclear for take-off Big bad John Grace plots for power PF scrambles for support Poor turnout in Dakar The figures don’t add up Curses and compliance Issayas looks north Buhari resets the clock Koidu's future in the balance Heave ho Standing (by) Corruption cancer No news, good news Have petrol, will travel Bombs and plots Four-wheel drive Follow the Guide For sale Troubled Times Arming for trouble Cashiered Aggiornamento Against the odds Chilling Chiluba Hussein is not Aydeed Abacha's agbada Privatising politics Dlamini-Zuma bandwagon speeds up Private guns Capital calls No vote for UNIP Rebel revival Election enterprise Close call The balance of forces Zaïre starts to crack The details left out of the deal The who and the how of the presidency The cauldron boils again Ouattara walks it Zuma man hangs on at SABC The oil and the spoils Donors stop donating Katumbi treads a fine line Guelleh battles in court Isábel's auntie Minority report Capital flight Turabi sans papiers Zanzibar faces poll re-run Condé consolidates as opposition regroups Condé's surprising knockout Richer military, fewer voters Uhuru bans bad bills Dialogue of empty chairs New maps, no peace CCM faces close vote Wing and a prayer economics ANC looks in the mirror Uhuru's frequent flyer card Hunger strike stirs dissent How Dhlakama and the peace talks were ambushed In the palace Prize and prejudice Kinshasa questions Shooting in the mansion Escapades Surviving and thriving Francophone friends Arms against a sea of troubles Sankoh signs up Africa's loss The real thing Moi-butu No confidence Echoes of Zaïre Dissonant voices The missing coltan princess Red sea rivals Condé's shadowy foes Term after term Amisom loses friends Rise of the third termers Piling on the goals The General's last days IBK ploughs into trouble EU ups security demands At last a cabinet, and now for the policies A hard homecoming Return match What's left of the left? Strikes and successions Blood returns to Bangui Another free pass for Khartoum Luanda seeks Eurobond lifeline High Court awaits Guelleh No go for Greens EU in denial Tongue-tied BBC End of ZANU-PF economics Opposition blues Court rescues Koroma Frank’s fickle fortunes Battle for the bureaucrats Trembles at the top The people take on the putschists Hope Springs Costly deals In suspense Nuts to the Bank Voting amid terror Mining for trouble Low key in Ouaga Border brothers On the road GATIA digs in Amisom on defensive Miner wobbles Timis under scrutiny The party rebrands for the polls The old demons return First laws, then parliament Bad timing Warming up the Kenyatta-Museveni axis Small fish chase big fish A vote too far In league with Zuma A helping hand from the Washington twins Opposition watches and waits Dash for gas cash ICC aims at Kenya Hage heads off land protests 'Lowassa fever' catching Swiss probe in Conakry Hardliners to the fore Spyware and the state The 'Grace plot' thickens Ellen calls the shots Launch of a bandwagon The woman most likely… Concessions and complications in the IGAD deal Regional rivalries surface among peace-makers The latest last-minute deal Where did all the money go? The opposition fall out Rawlings does it Passing and wielding the baton Politicians undermine new peace deal In remembrance of Stephen Ellis Stephen Ellis, 1953-2015 Mote and beemer No offence, honestly Left and right on the Rand Public sectarians Cracks in the ANC monolith Kabila clouts Katumbi How to be popular Bouquets and brickbats The Sampil truth Whose line is it anyway? Fighting graft, Buhari-style UK probes Soma’s local ties From East to East Attack prompts security reshuffle Guards old and new Impeaching and impeding Seeing red on Zuma Fifteen on file Goalfest in Addis Sall and the separatists Ruling and unruly parties Hack exposes state spies Condé pushes for new mine Unfinished constitutional business CCM springs surprise The franchise war between Al Qaida and Da’ish Southern discomfort Coming to America – the sequel An offering to Obama The clock ticks faster UN: 'unfair, unfree' War mars independence day The soldiers return Too many cooks spoil the books No end to Banda’s odyssey Why the peacekeepers stay in Darfur Shabaab's surge A federal farrago Attacks bring 'state of war' The ones that got away The fishing deal got fishier Ivanhoe rides into the elections Facing sanctions Save the children A nation in waiting An accidental arrest Petrol projects trouble Do as I say, not as I do Nkurunziza ploughs on 'Lack of focus' on Ebola The discord lingers on The men Issayas depends on Let my people stay Risks of a hasty exit A peace deal, against all odds Fugitive flees as courts sidelined Drawing the battle lines Talking longer term Win big, win all Hair shirts of the Atlantic Money worries CNC: who is who? The election gets messier Prosecuting the prosecutor How far to push Guebuza Impeaching number one Desert war, Bamako rumbles Cash for power and transport Bank finances face big new demands A double first for Nigeria Reconciliation for beginners Military balance Cash for loot Massacre? Moi? Students of separatism Ethics question for Obama Uneasy lies Zuma’s head Crashing car barriers Taxing tensions Bye-bye unity The President digs in Polls poser for politicians Delta, dollars and Downing Street Buhari sets out his agenda Crime still pays Part of the union Sam Pa's pals in Asmara Road to oblivion MNLA on the back foot Maimane wins leadership The runaway gravy train Revenge culture Sufism’s soft power Outward bound Forgiveness, its own reward Winning battles, losing wars The military moves against Nkurunziza's third-term bid Grandstanding Guelleh The other crisis LNG plant held up The code breakers BRICS on the rocks Frelimo’s hit parade Illegal gold exports Roots of a governor The best man not standing Pierre nears the precipice The President’s new clothes Enhancing elections EU adopts 'weak' code Shame about the list APC to lead with a leaner team Rising hopes, falling revenues So far, so bad A no vote election Coup plotters sentenced Passport to penury Kampala murder mystery Biya’s emerging dream Poison plots and power games New beginnings Troubled road to liberalism Garissa security shambles INEC and high-tech Mending fences 'No condition is permanent' Nyusi finds the cupboard bare Cold war at Eskom A farewell to Armando Grand union on show Karim's presidential appeal Game of provinces Bye any means Positive deterrence Fresh doubts over polls Easy on the landslide Mining companies get their way Lungu returns the favours Jammeh cracks the whip Spending for victory The rigging in Rivers A moment of truth for the General One-way ticket Votes, damned lies and opinion polls Geingob goes for continuity Kaberuka moves on Koroma lashes out 'Gbagbo or nothing' Muzito's Waterloo Diamonds’ best friend Blurred lines and child soldiers To publish or be damned BEE worsens mining outlook Sinai militants rebrand A new flag in North Africa State’s oil role under fire Presiding without policy Lake murder mystery No room at the top Concern for King and court Ins and outs of the oil companies Move closer Justine Greening Dai Zhikang Astan Coulibaly Mamphela Ramphele Football fever Africa is our future Construction boom ahead Unacceptable demands A trillion-dollar promise Mixed messages Talks on illegal timber KCM on the back foot KCM on the back foot Huawei in corruption probe China Kingho targets multiple projects Trees fall in the forest Essar on hold New plans for Simandou Indian companies top the transparency pops Tsuyoshi Okamoto A new phase of China-Africa cooperation Le Duong Quang Solomon Kerzner Sunil Bharti Mittal Africa gets into the driving seat Dilemmas over power cuts and shortages Chinese partners make mining projects viable Sparklers for Beijing Jean-Baptiste Natama Lasro Simbolon Jan Steenkamp Tress Bucyanayandi Making Djibouti a logistical hub Lamu corridor lags behind Concessions clear the way for Bong Mine Future shocks fund The titanium rush Controversy over contracts Wooing Juba Mega-projects and mega-ghost towns Closing tax loopholes Ex-army officers fast-track power plant Look East again The numbers game Grab first, drop later Security climbs the agenda Beijing will connect your call Bonding over bourses Asian banks spread across the continent Timeline of the ICBC - Standard Bank deals The financial ties that bind Mohd Emir Mavani Abdullah Iqbal Survé Rahul Dhir Pham Binh Minh CNPC suspended Vicente and China Sonangol Clashes but Sime Darby deal goes ahead Intervention for the non-interventionists Deals miss election deadline The attractions of coal and gas Billions for ADO Africa and the great Chinese slowdown Trade levels rise and rise How the big projects fell short Diminishing returns in Beijing Koroma nets $6.5 bn. deal from Kingho Kang Chang-hee Subhanu Saxena Meng Jianzhu Malusi Knowledge Nkanyezi Gigaba Hoàng Bình Quân Han Fang R. V. Kanoria Jullapong Nonsrichai Pipeline and transparency protests Tax troubles but business buoyant Seoul says no to youth export Spotlight on Queensway Group Miners out but no funds in Africa's bidding war Human rights abuses in Katanga Help for the East Chinese contractors’ delight Obiang loves China Li Baodong Hu Huaibang Masagos Zulkifli Armando Guebuza Doors opening Not in our back yard Youth export palaver Pipeline politics Elections and electioneering stall deals Small beer from Beijing Seoul food Angry envoys Dam number three at Inga Falls Too great expectations Agricultural revolution delayed TICAD V: An agenda for business Arthur Mutambara Jin-Yong Cai Salman Khurshid François Hollande Middleman at the gate One-horse race Financing deals finally take off Lu’s broadside at Western policy Sinopec strike Crackdown on illegal miners Kasai mines go to Anhui Teko trio on trial The grass is greener in Beijing Reality replaces Sata’s rhetoric Elias Masilela Toshimitsu Motegi Sanusi Lamido Sanusi Teodoro Obiaiang Nguemama Mbasogo Extractive pains Hanlong misses the Sundance deal deadline Fametal, SOKIMO and Ituri’s gold Workers of China unite – in Africa Experts only rule for work permits Ups and downs in palm oil Missing money The problems with CPI’s Boffa deal Simandou setbacks Triangular relations Criticism mounts but the deals keep coming The BRICS didn’t break out the bank Gao Jianke Prasun Kumar Mukherjee Lee Suk-chae Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono Hostile crowd awaits BRICS summiteers Red carpets and yellow cake Gécamines looks for Chinese funds Private companies under the radar Chinese investment reality check Murky glass houses Khama talks tough Compensation for smelter pollution Collum Coal Mine takeover Arab spring prompts soul searching Negotiating African risk Ali Mahmoud Abdul Rasul Arvin Boolell John Kerry Teo Eng Cheong Rotten timber trade Sanusi's message from Davos Trouble on the line South Africa scrambles for Africa Victory for local fishermen Costly deals and close relations Raw deals for Windhoek Learning from the East China cool on intervention China Union angers locals and workers Farmers take on agribusiness Cyril Ramaphosa John Dramani Mahama Park Geun-hye Shinzo Abe Growth in a time of global austerity Going strong Big projects and bottlenecks Abe backs business Chinese companies look for cheaper assets Year of the Snake Anil Sardana Zainab Ibrahim Kuchi Isao Matsumiya Awad Ahmed el Jaz Tokyo’s Africa aid birthday More dam delays China Union under fire in Bong County Tshwane sets agenda for BRICS summit Asian ambassadors offer economic advice Political diamonds Chemical of Africa in Lubumbashi pollution row Mining companies face more scrutiny China Sonangol shows its hand Adapt or die Beijing’s new team starts work Lee Jang-Gyu Rob Davies Bahk Jae-Wan Yu Yong Rosewood scandal hits more Chinese companies Alger, la Chinoise Refinery causes more government headaches Asian builders get close to Inga billions More summits, more funds Calls for protection against Beijing’s exports Call me, maybe Political storm over Chinese gas contracts Bui Thanh Son Noel Naval Tata Pierre Nkurunziza Kim Yong-Hwan At the political coalface Tax treats stay in downturn Going with the flow China Development Bank eyes the Grand Inga Beijing backs Bamako’s army A temporary revolution Textile trouble CIF starts work in Zimbabwe CIF goes private for profit in Guinea The President’s new partners Fuqing crime and punishment Beijing bets on Dos Santos The takeovers will buy votes Kuok Khoon Hong Toshiyuki Kato Zanele Matlala Welshman Ncube Coal hard cash Mixed messages Construction fraud trio go free Trader beware! Getting the oil to flow again Back on the Mainland Rogue rosewood exporters ADO brings back the billions Investment relations Careless communication costs lives Vikramjit Singh Sahney Kim Hwang-sik Jean-Paul Adam Alexander Chikwanda Diamonds give you wings It’s only just begun Contracts and complaints New Delhi’s Development partnerships No retail therapy here Missing the sparklers Condé’s great giveaway To save a treaty Big promises abroad, more worries at home FOCAC V brings billions more Moncef Marzouki Cai Fuchao Mohammed Mursi Stephen Kalonzo Mususyoka A matter of private equity Traders, Ambassadors and Islamists Hang up and call later Miner’s missing millions Union takes government and China to task Bélinga back on the table This land is not your land President Sall’s priorities Parting gifts Partnerships, promises and failures South Africa looks east Pratibha Devisingh Patil Le Luong Minh Given Lubinda Kuniko Ozaki Undiplomatic diplomats Full steam ahead on the Marrakech Express Asian workers strike in Kwanza Sul A golden entrance Previewing FOCAC V Zoning in and zoning out Phantom economic zones Wildcats in the wild east Sassou draws in Beijing Hui Liangyu Amarendra Khatua Akihiko Tanaka Macky Sall Ma’s labours lost Coal is hot NDC hopes for Beijing election bonanza Steel while the iron is hot South Bank challenge to IMF and World Bank Redback takes on greenback Threats to Lamu lifeline Eight billion dollars, a mike and no peace Beijing faces both ways Vilasrao Deshmukh Masami Iijima Zainul Abidin Rasheed Saad-Eddine Al Othmani Air Tanzania soars no more Pressure at the pumps Competition for clusters Ma goes to Africa China studying Africa Africa studying China Think-tanks and policy-makers The three billion dollar question Wary of pipeline politics Condé wants quick results Sun Yusheng M.D. Mallya Wang Shenyang Desmond Tutu Boardroom row over Tokyo’s oil grant Containers of corruption The railway’s coming Cementing ambitions Chinese traders set up shop Too much competition Trading places New pressure on Beijing Beijing resets its Africa policy amid economic success Winners and losers in the contract rush Lusaka welcomes Asia, again Mohammed Saad al Katatni Bingu wa Mutharika Nalinee 'Joy' Taveesin Diamonds are a rough business The emperor's new house Refining relations The big diamond scam Gécamines strikes again Experts rate foreign aid Capitalists and communists Home, sweet Chinese home Illegal loggers taken to task China loses Bélinga Oil flows eastward Workers safe but oil at risk Fatou Bensouda Richard Sezibera Cyrus Mistry Pa’gan Amum Okiech Business doors open wide The diplomatic truce goes on Recognition mission Aggressive passivity India’s new frontier How the IMF helps Chinese companies The year of the dragon, again Alain Akouala Atipault Tsukasa Kawada Madhusudan Ganapathi Moussa Dosso Plant a seed It’s energy that counts Housing scheme crumbles Essar takes control of Zisco Kaunda settles Sata's differences with Beijing Alarm over security deal China and India join aid cooperation USA shapes Asia plans Pipeline problems Longing for Lamu A special relationship in the making Beijing’s gas loan tests IMF Gwede Mantashe Mahendra Siregar Wylbur Simuusa Recep Tayyip Erdogan Indian mining houses struggle for contracts The unions turn up the pressure National interests and hard cash IMF worried about Chinese loans again Frozen funds Diverse diplomats Maputo’s pan-Asian business plan Protection makes a racket Harare in the sky with diamonds Underground and under threat Wild cats and King Cobra Alpha Condé Jyotiraditya Scindia Yoshihiko Noda Mustafa Abdel Jalil Water and copper under the bridge China Sonangol is open for business Dalai Lama dumped again Rebuilding relations Faith, Grace and intervention The wages of Xin Animated investors in the diamond mines Diamond dealers Insider trading Ties will remain strong, says Sata Koichiro Gemba Lu Xingyu Patrice Motsepe Sai Ramakrishna Karuturi Harbour of resentment Timber company cuts corners Fire sale STX's house is falling down Zisco deal still kicking Vanishing truckers To Berbera and beyond Pulling away CIF’s welcome mat Betting on Boffa The revolution will be financed Nhial Deng Nhial Doan Xuan Hung Margaret Chan B. Prasada Rao Ready, able and unlikely A friend in need Towering trade Highway to development Get in line Build a better arms regime Arms trade treaty timetable Raids and rivalries Uganda to miss digital deadline Not so fast, Frank You can pick your friends Smart partnerships The Bulldozer arrives Shifting foundation Squatters, pipes and rails Slow movers Trucking trials Polish to a shine Progress noted Castles made of sand Sumio Kusaka Hillary Rodham Clinton Nkosinathi Mthethwa Sellapan Ramanathan Karen Agustiawan Park Kwang-kee Madické Niang Manmohan Singh: A reforming economist Spinning and sowing Doors open, doors close Aurora’s gold mine collapses Strategic depth charge Leading lights Contracts galore but no delivery Bélinga bonus, uncertainty for CMEC The charge for Africa Juba promises continuity for Asian investors Sanjay Kirloskar Maite Nkoana-Mashabane Li Changchun Manuel Vicente Trucks, triads and subs Making room for friends Big plans, small city-state Chasing China Give without counting From Dakar to Durban China Sonangol still hungry Shine on you crazy diamond Riding the rails Wang Tianpu Tarah Shaanika Kim Sung-hwan Odein Ajumogobia Building relationships Old debts and new deals One law for Zambians, another for Chinese What the doctor ordered Station to station Pitchers required Aftershocks Sino-Zimbabwe in the Marange diamond fields Trading partners Liu Zhiming Salva Kiir Mayardit Franky Oesman Widjaja Jen-Chih 'Robert' Huang Friends and benefits A new nation Road builders Good neighbours All roads lead to Beijing Surveying Sicomines Do it by the deadline Campaigns made in China Solid foundations Beijing and Delhi change tack Christina Tan Takeaki Matsumoto Chung Joon-yang Mthuli Ncube What’s mine is mine The island scandal calls home Opening the tent It’s mine The Great Dyke anomaly Platinum-bottomed deals Who can you call? Can’t pay, won’t pay Minding the mines Andry's Asian alliances under fire Election funds? Try Hong Kong Sriprakash Jaiswal Park Young-june Seyoum Mesfin Makiko Kikuta South-south support Sowing seeds Building without BRICs Japanese flip-flops The home front ‘An emerging priority’ Top in trade and investment Kim Jae-shin Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba Wu Den-yih Xi Jinping Triangular trade India sets the pace Rust never sleeps The Asian aid summit Seoul’s new strategy How to plan the planning The next big plan Digging deeper Beijing’s balancing act Ravi Ruia Andrew Mitchell Vital Kamerhe Wang Min Best laid plans TAZARA troubles Bullets over Darfur Doing the Charamba Chinese trains for TGV Hyperactive relations The price of debt forgiveness Diplomatic wins and aid wobbles Stalemate in Seoul Gong Jianzhong Seiji Maehara Meles Zenawi Ratan N. Tata Win-win turns to win-lose Cooperating with Cohydro Blood diamonds and old soldiers India follows China’s lead Spooks, not railways Building a Chinatown in Catembe Maputo opens its markets China Hyway Group’s mines-for-roads deal More contracts as the vote looms The cost of Ghana’s Asian Alliance A consensual affair Shoot first, negotiate later Liu Yuhe Osamu Fujimura Felix Mutati Chun Seung-hun Downtown crackdown Seoul's modest but steady progress Friends and competitors Aiming high Beijing backs Nairobi over Omer el Beshir China weighs its options In the BRIC of it Relations have never been better Queueing up for Lake Albert's oil Lining up for Jubilee Frank Timis Liu Zhenmin Mswati III Lee Yi Shyan A Mugabe shakedown at the Shanghai Expo Luanda's oil lifeline Beijing offers an iron bailout Vietnam's two-way trade Hanoi's great leap forward Coalition of the controllers Beijing beams its messages Scepticism grows over STX houses Gadaffi guns for Seoul's spy A golden child in Zuma's family Oil - after independence Wang Gang Hamidon Ali Wang Jin-pyng Manoj Kohli Choose your poison Take the diamonds and run Changing sides with profit Beijing gazumps New Delhi A whale's tale Telecom troubles And the winner is...the CIF Fishing for votes CIF sitting pretty in Guinea Balancing act S.M. Krishna Xia Huang Morgan Tsvangirai Chen Bingde Building an improbable railway Get in the game Is what is good for Zijin good for Congo? Out of the starting blocks Private grief, state cash Taxing times Fertile fields for India The highway on trial Beijing in the line of fire Mike Hung Ajai Chowdhry Stan Mudenge Slow to let go of Hitachi Nguyen Minh Triet Beijing digs deeper into Zambian mines The long shadow of dollar diplomacy CIF, Beijing’s stalking horse Building on oil money Beleaguered Bélinga Asian solutions for Africa’s refinery problems Oiling the gears Tweeting Tharoor and the cricket controversy Round-trips and hot money Mahmoud Mohieldin Stephen Shu-hung Shen Lee Myung-bak Jia Qinglin Nuctech’s nobody More ore, more problems More multibillion mining contracts for Kinshasa For Punjabi farmers, an African frontier Wanted: special partners CADF in Africa: Deals from 2009-2010 CADF in Africa: Deals from 2007-2008 CADF expands Africa network Naruhito Zhu Min Roger Busima Kataala Kofi Annan Monuc moves out Banda bags a billion Victory for the Kinshasa vultures Reshuffling Luanda's Beijing connection How militias control the mines New pressure on China deals Companies and contracts under scrutiny East-West Highway to trouble Evariste Boshab Kim Hyong-o Anil Agarwal Donald Kaberuka China Union’s clouds have iron linings Anti-Asian strength in numbers Beijing's builders are back Tullow takes Lake Albert Asian national minnows Untoward Indian tillers RITES not right Fixing Kinshasa's broken boulevards Kinshasa’s missing millions How to manage expectations Yin Zhuo Li Qiangmin Shin Kak-soo Mohammad Hamid Ansari The year ahead Sitting on the fence Deconstructing Chindia Academics find holes in China's Marshall Plan A year to mend broken promises Stanley Ho Musa Kusa Song Sang-hyun Kasit Piromya World Bank to link Africa and Asia Hurry up, wait and renegotiate All that glitters is mine Grease for the wheels of friendship New men for a new push A useful deal in the Delta It's not over until it's over China's positioning in the Kosmos Mortgages and minerals The Liberian contribution to the stir-fry Beijing's bankroll for Bong's ore Ahmed Aboul Gheit Rajiv Sawhney René N'guettia Kouassi Xu Jinghu The rice run-around An electric strategy Seoul brothers More catalyst than juggernaut FOCAC 2009 brings more promises Chinese promises, made, respected and broken FOCAC meets expectations China Sonangol targets Harare’s gold and oil The junta rewards new friends Zhao Jianping Phung Dinh Thuc Shashi Tharoor Chin-tien (Timothy) Yang Power surge in Addis Cameroon/Asia: New farmers from the East The next great land sale The race to give Museveni what he wants Abuja writes the playbook, Beijing brings the players Graphic: China International Fund's web of public and private backers How the Sino-Angolan alliance works The faces behind the funds Blood and money in the streets Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary Srinath Narasimhan Katsuya Okada Jiang Jiemin An oil barter rescue The great South Korean commercial offensive Nuclear-fuelled relations Financial follow-through Africa slips down the foreign policy agenda The oil revenue row Telecoms domination in three fell swoops The Luanda-Beijing axis targets Guinea Luanda diversifies its portfolio Map: Asian money and African mines Jiang Weiqiang Yasukazu Hamada Sizwe Nxasana Gurjit Singh The rice and the rot Gagner-gagner - they claim KNOC, KNOC, who is there? Beijing debates world's biggest aid fund African officials ignore labour abuses Labouring the point South Africa's arms deals with Asia Wade's monumental error Strategic resources and global rivalries The race for strategic minerals Small corridors of power at Nuctech Beijing in scanner scandal MTN, militants and share claims MTN-Bharti merger Mittal's meltdown China woos the team of rivals Undue diligence in the timber sector End of the line for Durbar Al Qaida may target Chinese in Africa Tokyo's new loans for Africa Michael Chilufya Sata Seiko Hashimoto Dai Bingguo Najib Razak ICBC's toe in African waters Leaky dam builders Billions for all Minerals meltdown As sweet as chocolate Tug of war Wade's skyscraper legacy China's trains, Zimbabwe's tobacco Re-enter the dragon Zhang Ming Musa Hitam Nong Duc Manh R.S. Sharma Kim Yong-nam Yuan Nangsheng Hirofumi Nakasone Thaksin Shinawatra With your permission Friends in the right places Contract confusion Not the promised land Oil, votes and Beijing A shake-out after the crash Washington adjusts to the Chinindia factor Somalia tests maritime solidarity The battle for the Indian Ocean Wu Zexian Pradeep Kumar Chaudhery Nobuhide Minorikawa Pornthiva Nakasai Not learning lessons Where confidence is currency Old King Coal If not trade or aid, then what? Big numbers on Congo's telecoms projects Debt, markets and Beijing Abuja's Asian connections From win-win to lose-lose Deal or no deal The Bong revival This wheel's on fire Ditching the Dalai Lama Yukiya Amano and Abdul Samad Minty Shantayanan Devarajan Alphonsus Chia Chung Mun Victoria Kwakwa Banking on secrecy When Irish eyes are smiling Seoul's safety in numbers A target of the revolution Business is politics A 'challenge and a big stress' Missing the target Diamonds in the rough Bank East The sun also rises T.C. Venkat Subramanian Yukio Takasu Ma Ying-jeou Hu Jintao The new Conakry order Beijing news network Best friends again Iron in the soul Contract shuffles What's yours is mine and... Vultures over Kinshasa Twixt Beijing and the IMF The born-again Bong mines A more perfect union Ghana's votes and China's dams Another new world order Ploughing new fields Delhi defies the downturn State agencies lead the way Good intentions meet reality Africa tests rapprochement Ibrahim Ali Hassan Cho Hwan-eik Chen Deming Muhyiddin Yassin Never mind the yuan, feel the ideology The twins and trade The power of the provinces The waiting list Crumbling cement Tokyo's plans Nkunda's anti-Beijing card Go East, old man Liu Qi Tenzin Gyatso Deepak Kapoor Vu Tien Loc Uwe Wissenbach Kamal Nath Kang Man-soo Wu Bangguo Diplomacy still has dollars for some Washington wants the details Mapping the arms sales New forces in the arms bazaar Seoul search in Africa The honeymoon is over Chen Yuan Jairam Ramesh Motoyoshi Noro Chin Dong-soo Xu Jianguo Wang Yi Shamsudeen Usman Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Nobutake Odano Not working out Ticad Talks A $50 Billion Handshake How Africa could feed itself... And Asia too Two continents, one food crisis Chalo Africa In the Navy The Delhi Durbar Masatu Kitera Tiong Hiew King Akhil Gupta Hu Deping Reviews and renegotiations, again No oil guarantees Contract Cavalcade Who's who in policy and politics Slim differences among the parties The Yokohama summit Francisco Ou Jignesh Shah Ken Costa Family feud Glass Houses Chips off the old block Japan-Africa trade and aid China's African expeditions 2002-2008 Probing the Peacekeepers Asia's oil interests in Africa Unravelling the UN investigation Singapore's Africa Team The wealthy autocratic model Civil society tiptoes in The new order Here comes Hokkaido Chi Jianxin Nguyen Tan Dung Purnomo Yusgiantoro Justin Yifu Lin Lee Won-gul Zhai Jun Szechwan samba Lights off The copper clashes K.V. Kamath Firing up the coal All politics is international Hassan Wirajuda Changing horses West Africa looks east The trains don't run on time From Tokyo to Bamako Single-minded politics More policing of the peacekeepers Speedy motors miracle Number crunching Cementing new relations The tough trade talks after Hokkaido Lou Jiwei Competing to finance Africa Suppiah Dhanabalan China's battling banks Developing and insuring prosperity Wired for growth Murli Deora Jean Ping How to spend it Asia’s pills for Africa’s ills The water margin Any more business? Year of the rat India's nuclear family Delhi reaches out Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu Li Jinjun Anand Sharma Ramakrishna Sithanen Blue helmets, red faces Tokyo's test See you in court Flying higher Washington, Beijing or African consensus? In deep water Three is a crowd Constructive competition The Beijing development plan Ren Zhengfei Partha S. Bhattacharyya Choi Young-Jin Supachai Panitchpakdi Playing the odds Tokyo eyes the sparklers Ambitious investments Dollar diplomacy fails More competition for Tokyo Leading horses to water New regime, new policy Investment and jobs China, India and the vote The markets react A softer landing in the East Jiang Jianqing Masahiko Koumura Muhammad Yunus Liu Guijin Zhong Jianhua Li Ruogu Ban Ki-moon Kamalesh Sharma Raman Dhawan Mohamed Hassan Marican Yang Jiechi: Chief Diplomat of the Road Akihiko Furuya Africa's Chinese guests China Eximbank projects in Angola Coming cleanish on the money The new men in place Contractor controversy Reverse thrust Permission to come on board? Pirates of the Red Sea China returns to Africa Seoul's high-tech axis Smaller is beautiful Dam payment Trade: Choosing China Champions of commerce Checking the assets Diamonds are not forever Quiet on the eastern front The great building race Another chance for Asia Beijing, the rebels’ target Bringing it all back home Soft power & the glory Tokyo raises its game Strategic partnerships Charting Africa's Chinese future La grande bouffe Hands across the water Shifting sands With friends like these... The battle for Ndjamena New order, new deals China's Nova Luanda Big oil, high stakes Polls fail to relieve tension Truce trouble Damming evidence A shot at devolution Complicated confiscation The politics of dumsor-dumsor Oil interrupted Museveni gets his refinery To vote, talk or fight A test of everyone’s will A dream deferred Welcome back, General On the waterfront More war, more talks Running for cover The debt dealers Blanchard's beach All fall out Flawed Landslide Old wines, new bottles Keep trekking Mining concessions, traders and investors Business at war Pas si joli Body of evidence No-fly zone for legal eagles The mighty fall After prayers, no miracles The Ebola bonanza Air turns blue Poll date set Obiang’s own goal fest Between street and barracks The friendless mediator Old faces, old problems Massacres in the mist Policing the vote Democracy delayed A rowdy state of the nation Out of Africa, taxes London's security aid Census suspicions Obiang's goals Kabila's conundrum Lots of gunboats, little diplomacy US security and Chinese capital What the prosecutor saw Doubts over banks sell-off A year of decisions after a decade of growth Narrow win stretches nerves Boeing bellyflops Across the river Across the lake Kabila yaka! Nimble in Ndjamena Cabinda to Kinshasa Trouble next door Baby Tiger Marching to Juba The frontlines grow longer The Zaïre effect Baker's new brief Kolimba and critics West African wager No peace, no war Ghankay versus the rest Talking of votes The new order Kabila's long march Going with the flow Democracy deficit Mswati mobilises Second thoughts Trading places Cop out Comrade shareholders Langata landmark A bend in the river Oil fuels Luanda panic ICC murder mystery Elections face new risks Long tunnel, glimmer of light The politics of Ebola More presidential powers You say Morocco New cabinet brooms Plugging the gaps New crisis, new banker Sejusa’s mystery return Hery hangs on Planning puts power first The federation tango Ouattara looks at second term PF set for victory The year of leaving dangerously Watching the dust settle The long goodbye CCM faces apathy Not a popularity contest New faces, old issues Turbulence trending Hell no, he won’t go IBK on the back foot El Sisi consolidates Economy up, security down Special preview edition: Africa in 2015 Rape row Treading softly What the ballot papers say Blé Goudé's bad day How guns colonised politics Pick a power source The politics of power Gas regime is getting there Uneasy peace on the border Political storm warning Freetown under fire on Ebola Central bank cracks whip The opposition shows a new political will Malaysian money II Malaysian money I Cape town crisis Small headache Sankoh sticks out Mineclearers incorperated Seeds of death Garang manoeuvres Deep foreground First, the good news Route to the sea The green line Alliances Mangope on trial Unresounding Play it again, Sam Budget stress Hard bargains Oil the wheels It's not over yet The battle for power King size Spiking Syria Outside agents Still at the helm Old Nick's back Press harder Budget block Shuttling to Arabia The countdown begins How the case was won Exit Mujuru, enter Mnangagwa French Fire Biligual diplomacy Shoot on sight The oil front High rollers roll low Tough Tinyefuza Generation game Itahad international The Sodere spirit Booming and bombing Tehran's ambitions Albright's team Digging in Kuala Lumpar can do In the front line again Worlds apart 'No money back' row Attacks claim securocrats Truth and reconciliation Grim down south Banda rejects Cashgate claim The succession war has begun Danger looms as piracy booms The PF picks two candidates Martyr or master-crook Sall clears the decks A tale of two cities Good banks from bad Power scandal rocks ministers Richard Hall The defenestration of Mujuru Oil price down, debts up Policies, what policies? Hard times for the revenue service Peasants against the pacts Bribery trial Slim pickings Queen-maker Scott Kingpin kidnap chaos Shoukry gets stuck in Rules of commercial engagement Loans for oil Diamonds fund rebels Gloom settles on economy Geingob for a shoo-in After the bombing, Jonathan declares Foreign boost for opposition Security leaks and party splits MDC can't exploit ZANU-PF splits Firefighters against an inferno Don't look now Bashing Bongo Nyusi's rocky road Fights before the funeral Splinter injuries Trovoada's return An executive not executing Pressure mounts on Zida Stepping up the fight against Ebola Party strife draws in white businesses The warning from Ouagadougou BDP squeaks back in Coalition time Clash of the Titans Cashgate, gaolgate Next stop, Rome Follow the money Mbabazi on the ropes Comrades in arms deals Doctors at large Frelimo wins, Renamo revives Africa’s growth plans face stronger headwinds Party rivalries grow as Sata ails Crisis returns as talks falter Bad time for an oil boom Fraud claims taint Frelimo win Frelimo braces for impact The world according to Khartoum Finding the funds Khartoum in fact and fiction ENI in the cross-hairs From Russia with love Power struggle Gauteng challenge Drama in court Critical votes and toxic loans DBSA moves centre stage Uranium profits decline Julius Malema in the dock Conflict over conflict minerals Narcotics links tarnish Frelimo Labour movement schism deepens Changing faces The fire this century Security changes mark a sombre anniversary Al Shabaab shake-up Power fraud unravels Calling all investors Saying no to the narco-state Kabila for ever Reshaping the army Never give it up MINUSMA minus one Nuclear secrets Frelimo turns the screws Putting US aid to other uses A bail-out for Beijing's sake Poor prospects ahead A deadline for the deadline Another warning New faces wanted Constitutional disassembly Turbo-charged competition Disagreements over dialogue President versus PM Oil blocks and shocks Dividing the spoils Opposition beams, Khartoum glowers More calls for Nuba talks Electioneering begins Trouble in the neighbourhood Popping the gas balloon Bickering over Boko Haram How terror twists the vote Rescue for bigwig debts Mice at play Reports of his death… the UPDATE ‘Cashgate’ crisis continues Ransom claims dog Biya Sata sacks Kabimba Juju versus Zuma Round 2 Capital flight Refinery deal struck Parliaments at sea New ANC Youth League is Zuma's own Allies lose faith Geingob goes for broke Oil, the political lubricant High stakes in the Sinai fight Inching towards peace Kagame's purge Crunch time for the unions Women and children first Biya's answer to Boko Haram Taking a chance on Casamance Brother with a difference Dollars, security and a few surprises The science of summitry The mystery men and the embassy bombings A moral victory 'Too rich to bribe' Sunny side of Washington Demarche in DC Embarrassing Biya Not waving but drifting Politicians as targets Who owns what? Jobs for the boys – and girls Gas, cash and votes The Ebola epidemic Contracts galore in the new order The coal train derails Heading for the hills Coup de Grace Red is the colour Letting a crisis go to waste No laughing matter Honour among presidents Princess Guebuza weds Proxy battles, real war The Jonathan surge After the amnesty, more amnesty Opposition misses tricks Writing development into law Invoking higher powers Seized farms haunt ZANU-PF Islamists strike back Polls beckon as Hollande flies in Put a faction in your tank Peace at risk Mini-Mobutu okay? Frelimo and Renamo strike peace deal Africa policy moves up the agenda Arms-for-platinum deal Who’s Who in French Africa policy Toxic loan fears grow More states less unity Intervention by consent A rally, not a revolt Shame about the politics Regional leaders take charge Banking on big infrastructure Puzzle of FDLR intentions Oslo cuts its losses Ruby wedding Macky the knife Bail for Baba More Gulf cash needed Famine ‘almost a certainty’ Baba Jukwa arrest rocks regime The trade-off Sudan's Islamist regime: key dates Political parties and the government Unhappy birthday Sanusi's political throne Ekiti, the shape of things to come The extra Nile The knock-out stage Ould alliance Hangings resume MPs demand answers Kabila defiant on third term The centre moves east Deal to nobble the MDM falters Aid row escalates Sata speculation grows Fighting flares in the Kivus Confused response to terror attacks Unsteady state of the nation Ripples from Kidal Koroma sacks top aide The Caliph's council The lesser weevils Cairo leans on Khartoum Fury over Vedanta Jonathan faces the north Alarm as oil production falls Take the lead if you can Adrift in dangerous waters Mutharika, the sequel Spills – clear as mud Oily bumps in the road Filling in the blanks The Red Sea missile drama Succession scramble Amnesty anomalies Poison politics Chaos theory Poll ends in farce Gertler the farmer Farm plan aims high Trust still dormant Sata health fears grow Enforcers freed Kinshasa challenges Luanda Politics intrudes on the economic successes A loyalist cabinet Turn out for the Field Marshal IBK ducks the blame for Kidal The President looks to his legacy Enter the General Sassou slaps Kabila Richard Ruegg Kershaw The men to follow Ellen The MIGs of Mwanza Only you Stand by your man The ripples of OPL 245 Election officials under fire Red flag over Africa Fixing the forces The end of the beginning Everyone loses Mugabe moves on Marange The last liberation election Clash of the dynasties Reversing the rot Parliament wants the President's head Richard Kershaw Trafigura takes over Sakunda Addis plan touches off riots The third eleven enters the contest Calling time on the killing Electrical storm Rio's grand suit My enemy's enemy Dos Santos turns the page Family business under pressure Regime's grip weakens Alarm over terror swoop Ghost workers stalk the payrolls Scramble for the top Politics and Pistorius in the dock Finance smiles on government Joining up security in the Sahel How not to refill a lake Vavi and the unions fall out Militant remembrance Man with a plan Beny fights on Nevers on a Sunday Kagame mourns – and warns Saudi Arabia targets Khartoum Buying while there is blood on the streets TV gold Bid for Sahara rights The civilians may be back El Sisi's spring offensive Terms of abuse Another Diamond raises cash for Harare Keïta's six-month itch Labour intensive Buyoya alone Trumpeting the Horn Fixing the finance Delta wars New fingers on Zaïre's trigger Hanging on Mystery militias Mrema on Marando Guides together Kabila in Kinshasa Hitting the thieves The parties line up Patriot games Regional rebound New arrivals – north and south Gesture politics Hanging on Congo guns Nouveaux venus Unhappy anniversary Technical wizardry Naming names Financial headroom The coup-makers Koroma's coup Face to face Mouldy money Addis and Al Itahad A brigadier calls Biya election Taxing troubles Some partners are more equal than others Kill the drill Dam leak hits Addis Out of reach Securing the rear Tight spot for Blaise Hitch for dam plan Issoufou’s Sahel agenda Chip off the old block There will be blood... and oil Bandas, Bingu and Goldfinger In cash we trust Grace under fire Not Charlie's aunt In between the killers And across the river Paid fighters – and their paymasters Chemicals Academic freedoms Taylor's gaolers Kabila's ghosts Constitutional counter Condé tests Steinmetz Polls at a price Going for broke The general's labyrinth Snakes on a plane Good news Genocide denial Aid argument Deaths foretold Putschists v. putschists Heading south More pay, less graft Après le déluge – quoi? Dialogue in dollars Great Satan joins the fray New Nacfa You didn't hear this Still inside ...and black ops White ops... Changing gear slowly Payback time Museveni's backyard Blood under the bridge Saba saba Free radicals Fishy tale NIF targets Mandela Microsplinters The oil hostage Time's up, again Fighting for top jobs Fela and his heirs 'I'll go home to die' Murder charges Diana Looking for leaders Cross-border crimes Less than economic A sweet tooth Trading arms Market forces Who will follow Blé Goudé to the Hague? Libya links worry Wall Street Clouds over summit Taylor's stitches Oil glistens Torture charge Not so accountable Manpower and muscle Legacy of war 'Corruption where it exists' No sanctions here Washington quandary Kabila takes on the UN No show Ill-gotten gains Death drives French leave Policy rethink Net politics Threatening 'good order' On the cybermap Asian tigers, African lions Security and trade top the Euro-Africa agenda Not at ease Junta versus junta Oromo talks King to move Biya's bad joke A sudden conversion Clearing out A dictator returns On fire Desert caravan Regional circle Democratic drought Winning against Winnie The General's transition Captain Solo speaks Enunciations from Edinburgh Bongo's beanfeast Voting for Driss Pax Nigeriana Cracking Koroma The border war Who is Hunzvi? Forgotten fighters Tarnished Rebranding Abacha Kabila's banker Sofia spree Buying the farm Post-coup purge De Matos makes plans The voting business Franco-phoney war Madeleine's mission Rights and wrongs Dokie's death Africa's role Cairo competes Back to the party Rule by authority After Yar'Adua Doing the business Ecobank's next act The last straw Sanogo case falters Senate for Morocco Testing the offshore limits Talks or treason trials Gas and hot air Huge rise in illegal logging Statoil on the spot The ANC’s top hundred Nkandla report hurts Zuma Unsuccessful successions A year of living precariously Undermined Cairo's round Rotters or plotters? Grassroots 'Next year in Kadugli' Nous pas bouger Close shave Big men, big countries, big hopes Hot chocolate Curbing the press Embarrassing Love from Jakarta Peace pains Targeting Club Med Rules of the game Desert diplomacy Zero tolerance Cautious but determined Plots, lies and videotapes State corruption complicates succession battles Talking Timbuktu No frills Energetic Mountain death Europe's concern Jump or be pushed Rene´ Inc. More than money Wall Street is coming Finding flagbearers More contras Rethink Political plane crash Kabbah's comeback Troubling the waters Tanoh goes as Ecobank cleans house Military muddling The contras return Righting the rigging All change at the Treasury Moi's last lap Lions and elephants Wrong number Freetown fracas Patasse´'s problems Conflict irresolution A diplomatic coup Savimbi's last stand The ANC's front line Mbeki's new machine Talking gas Who's in charge? Carpet crossing A budget for believers Union is strength The untouchables Moses in the wilderness African roadshow rolls Freed-up funds Not Alaafin matter Cross-border Khmercenaries Kicking off Starting small Southern rivals Clinton likes it From the shadows Room at the top Copper-bottomed Bamako sparks Secrets and splits Children of '68 Fighting over peace Living dangerously Polling problems New sparring partners Oil slick Long shot Lumpen logic A voting mirage Patriot games The China syndrome Uglier turns Blair-ites in the desert Army arguments Famine strikes Marking time Asking A.T.T. Barometric Short leash Talking drums Oil-rich, and poor Counting allies Peace means war Lines in the sand The Freetown fall-out EU official in probe A sage from Zamfara How to spend it Surprise shake-up Hopes pinned on big push Landmark deal Resuscitating democracy Falling out with the Mugabes Warning shot or loose cannon? Jubilee lays into America, too Violence takes new shapes Shooting in Juba, talking in Addis The political costs of Nkandla Which ANC will win? Intel tale Pain in the neck Murder again Seeking spies Laughter in adversity Hugging the opposition The euro cometh Buckingham's gate Private armies, public relations Murder in the family Cotton reel Mortgaged Masters of war Protection Of Kabbaj and King Brave new bank Keep on rollin' Counting chickens Bienvenue a` Ouaga A cardiac coup More gems Access denied Politics for sale Short changed Pipeline jitters Twilight Zone Mane's men Revolving doors in Abuja Abubakar meets Abiola The new order on parade Mane fights on Stolen votes Mortgaged future Surprise guests The allies fall out Embattled Kabila Standing on the south Long war, quick fix The President who never was IMF insiders Crane blues Arms cargo crash North-west nightmare The China re-connection What crime costs An exit for the militicians Frelimo picks a candidate Restrained budget could be Gordhan’s last Aid and ethics clash Ping's pop at Ali Hunt loses momentum The race opens up 'Torpedo the dam' Kabila wants cash for polls Nkurunziza nobbles opposition Poll systems under scrutiny No way to run a railway Isolation threatens Issoufou Why Uganda refuses to withdraw The battle for Malakal Trophy-hunters after Kikwete Data battles in Abuja Oil theft row escalates The El Sisi enigma Hassan Sheikh loses friends Zuma talks up the state The price of peace Tackling the trade in endangered species Wasting assets Peace process slows down Civil society under threat No end to deadlock Scandals to dominate polls Banda and the jets Blaise wants compromise Condé's house clearance Seats for dissidents Kissing cousins no more Renamo conflict escalates Fears for the new regime The wizard of Accra South Africa’s volunteer force New blood in old bottles Abe in Africa Hery must make his mark Tripling trade Big plans for 2014 Danger, road works ahead Gems may unpick European sanctions Donors up in arms A deal under duress Headaches for Benkirane Coup legacy lingers Parties jostle ahead of polls Après moi, moi Long shadow of 2011 Mid-term blues Abdel Aziz plays it safe Reform gives way to politics Take me to your leader Full steam ahead Geingob at last The statelets of the nation An early test Making the best of the boom Serval’s birthday evokes mixed emotions Rising up against Compaoré Poll shock alarms ANC Murder in the Michelangelo Risky hunt for a new leader Consolidation is the goal Economy billowing, politics floundering Mines and militias set mood Success needs succession The political stakes on YouTube The state cracks Staking it all on survival Chickens come home to roost The MPLA sticks to its course The politics of health Reconciliation and repression Zuma fights for his job Coup bid raises alarm Goodluck Jonathan loses the numbers game From power struggle to uprising Ruling party conference ignores crisis Cape to Cairo, again Changing the constitution Obrigado Graça Heads up for headquarters Saving Field Marshal Omer The fire in Jonathan's backyard Shoring up regional support Salini looks to expand Secrets of the dam builder More boots on the ground On the brink Presidential letter bombs When the clouds cried Vote on constitution nears Counter-terrorism force under attack The time of Mandela Sall struggles to stay on course Another dam under fire Arms-for-minerals trades exposed Kampala ousts mayor Katti goes for gold Carter’s quiet doubts Luanda cows Lisbon Concern over contract-farming Two divided houses Koroma’s legacy Deficit blues Small earthquake, President slightly hurt Mugabe's farm in sanctions row Frelimo unnerved The Atlantic ports puzzle Political class in turmoil Rocky road to gas economy Alarm over new debts Luanda shouts back at Lisbon MPLA insider faces charges in Brazil Self-inflicted wounds Little leadership and less oil Abductions fuel anxiety Country for old men Vedanta cools row Anambra kicks off the race Economic giants change places Politics versus the budget Struggles with the economy Angry Koroma lashes out at the press Media Bill signals fear of scrutiny ZANU-PF power struggles resume Election outcome still in the balance Khama disappoints on San Biya and the Bishops Lessons from Luanda Ransom? Moi? Feted and berated A dam for all On a wing and a prayer Jonathan’s dialogue plan outflanks rebels Rebels on the ropes Renamo and Frelimo back to the fray Fights over Kabimba wrack the PF Kony keeps up the terror Van Hoogstraten in airline sell-off The mystery ship deal The sanctions card is worn out Glencore and the fuel firms Shooting triggers reshuffle Physician heal thyself No runner for office Flare-up in the north Smart bomb for subsidies 'Pirates' free captains To go or not to go France wades in again African Union challenges the ICC Kenyatta mulls nuclear option Ibori treasure hunt to go on Troubled polls favour Condé Security crises threaten economic success Banda's fortunes turn Shaky Sall seeks solace End of Salvation September uprising Political mould starts to break How the parties will go into 2014 Coming to the aid of the party Gulf states to the rescue Neither military nor Mursi The warnings before Westgate Drill-ship in the dock Tender mercies Shockwaves after the shoot-out Ibori's loot at stake 'Failed feudal state' Gems make friends ZANU-PF expands its business empire No princes on the ballot Taylor goes down alone Keïta’s test of words and deeds Oil bids defy security crisis Reshuffle may not help Jonathan's chances Punching out the PDP Boardroom battles hit Ecobank Total loss Eclipse of the son A family divided The unforgiven Regional risks rising Head rolls in bank row Legacy of war A gamble on secession Kabimba loses his footing Boutef's miracle return Millions diverted in 2012 Sakunda fuels rumours Museveni on the defensive Mugabe shuffles the pack, again Demos galore New name, same game Yet another front Merry-go-rounds Frelimo may compromise Kivu on the brink Holes in Kabila’s big tent Bah reveals official links Two cheers for the Juba deal KK cuts a dash The waiting game begins Cracks widen in the PDP Economic tests looming Opposition turns to tax and graft The Court lowers the curtain Banda redraws party lines Omer needs friends Sexual congress Frelimo decides 2014 IBK's agenda Powers of separation How to grow crops and influence voters Who's backing the new regime? Test for Mugabenomics After the crisis, the crackdown Jammeh tightens the screw The diaspora strikes back Asmara and the Islamists Renamo ramps up the pressure Inside ZANU-PF's electoral coup Rajoelina fends off sanctions with new election law Koroma helps warlord escape trial See, they were out to get me The crucial M-Pesa and call logs Secret suit aims at ICC evidence Fury follows calm elections Couldn’t save it The Dar leader Knowledge is power M23 takes a hit Amaechi takes on Jonathan A power struggle, not a coup Elections judged a success Tilting at the ANC Mission impossible Gono on the spot over oil deals Row over exiles Crisis grows as presidential elections delayed again Shadowy third-term plan for Koroma Dress rehearsal vote Rushing and cheating Zuma's axe falls Bah humbug Youth check Geingob Wobbling and nobbling The vote on trial How the parties judge the judges Wanted: a winner for all 'Piracy' row with Sweden Ready or not, here they come A season in Elecam Leadership in limbo Rebels with many causes The Bodo spill hits companies and politicians The Delta catches fire again The succession question The Brazil effect Digging in on the Lake Diamond votes The agony and the ecstasy Devolution blues Keeping Simandou on track Dodgy dialogue Aweys at bay, Madobe on top Election fever and finance As the oil goes, the gas arrives L’etat, c’est nous The gay elephant Presidential wobbles The governors and the insurgency Inside the presidential fight Madobe consolidates in Kismayo Sheikh Hassan Dahir 'Aweys' breaks with Al Shabaab MNLA cedes Kidal Transparency's clear win Presidential exports Dam good connections The real power politics Ruling by decree Condé takes on Steinmetz The long, long vote count Mugabe wins voting day drama Abdel Aziz's uncertain grip Dam and blast it The Nile in numbers Tullow wins tax tussle Attack dents Niger’s image A bumpy ride to the polls New investors, armed and dangerous Turning the oil taps on and off again Unhappy anniversary A change of register Kagame flames Kikwete Gaffes on the Nile Countdown in Addis After Mali, Niger Justice may have to wait Riches on the yellowcake road Economy thrives, BEE slows The hill Banda must climb CCM circles the wagons The licensing run-around Protests fuel political crisis Timber rackets, gas booms The new battle for the Bank Paying – and fighting – for unity Bringing it all back home Electoral roll on, roll off Reverses in Jonglei Cutting taxmen Lagos leniency Please give strategically Three too many Brotherly love How to read the ‘conspiracy’ Déby’s enemies crowd in Gertler’s assets multiply Regions test Hassan Sheikh Dodgy defections How to win friends Enter the Muhoozi generation Talking Tinyefuza An insurgency without the oil Blocking the great reform bill Com-Zone, come all Upper house of cards A June meddling UNITA’s warning Hassan Sheikh at the wheel All at sea over drugs The economic underpinnings Pillars of the regime Keeping up with the Compaorés Not an honorary consul Testimony on Bah Impunity in Freetown EU brings budget support The rush to the vote Spoils for all, please Limits to corruption campaign Essential contact, the Cameron way Diplomatic diversions Law suits unravel Progress but... Kivu talks impasse Pleas to go Patience snaps over IMF Ex-Dauphin in the dock Clean sweep slows down The fight for Mount Simandou Rifts in the regime Tactics but no strategy The Abalone list Debt deal scandal revives Rise of the professionals On live TV, a swarm of lawyers A tough one hundred days Opposition on all fronts Military manoeuvres Faustin's pact Admiral of the white Beny bites back Deferring democracy The Quionga network Frelimo's gold rush Blade's think-tank regiment ANC wields the long knives Toeing the party online Independents in name Boycotts and masks Lords of misrule Training regime The campaign stretches out Beggar your pardon Security worsens Biya's second house Scramble for Nacala ZANU-PF wins the referendum No cash to count on Rifts over lake Lilongwe’s treason trial Don’t be a negative force Rebels everywhere What Juba gets from the oil deal After they open the taps West divided on aid scandal South African troops under fire Séléka takes power ‘With the thoughts of Meles’ Succeeding Sata Towards a one-party state Taking the hostage road Tap dancing 'Cruel and inhumane' Stay on, moi? Unhealthy finances M23 may be close to a deal Secrecy mars ballot deal Vote now, pay later Trouble in the hills Groans about growth Shocks and ore bodies Condé’s rainbow fades away A very British coup Credibility of the IEBC under fire The closest of shaves Trust question Piecemeal deal Democracy demos BRICS tug-of-war Splits prolong crisis Why are they waiting? Gordhan's budget balm The left-right clash on economics Guns, jobs and strikes The leaders in Lubumbashi The Mai-Mai and their commanders Militants target Katanga Eko Atlantic arises from the sea bed No visible means of support Girding up for the vote Swing counties hold the key Pitfalls ahead for foreigners Jubilee aims to win it in one Answers needed Daily pressure Swearing deputies Loyalty rewarded The new poor give less Spring in opposition’s step Banda takes on her deputy Jobs on the roads Kabimba looks ahead Qatar's cold shoulder Issayas staggers a little British military aid for Sudan Jihadists from Mali in Darfur By Skype from The Hague Nairobi’s governing passions Rocky road in the north Crisis in the command Maghreb’s early bath Torture in the dock Coup calls Bogged down in Bangui Olympio’s legacy The Puntland problem The recognition blues Salva changes the guard Losing ground at the AU Odinga’s fiasco Flashpoints on the margins Holding their breath I chose the deputy Alghabass ag Intallah changes sides The end of the beginning The power of the south Development vies with conflict resolution in Addis Blé Goudé arrested Secret shipment Funds query for Bangura ZANU-PF's loss French Somalia raid ‘was a trap’ Regional alliances shifting Wade’s barons under scrutiny Family bonds Après Biya fears Thawing the assets Not so open for business Purges and placements Ramaphosa’s price With Zuma to Bangui Bozizé back from the brink Abuja’s foreign legion Nouakchott on the spot Taking the fight to the desert Northern parts The longer war Democratic hustle Navigating the rapids Falling foreign support Let them eat fish Omer el Beshir’s New Year’s Party Khartoum in a corner Ailing and failing A race to the bottom A test for the constitutions The economic fightback The party isn’t over yet Django unchained Talk first, fight later Electricity and elections Politics goes to court Early start for Jonathan Harsh truths and high growth Mengi beaned in court Geingob reassures Trovoada sacked Zuma leaves nothing to chance Sadig calls for regime change Unity under strain Wilting jasmine Tax threat to IMF deal A country polarised Ructions over reconquest plan Captain Sanogo strikes back Rift risk over gas laws Shotgun wedding season Soro clouds economic revival The democracy question The Mahama factor Make mine a mine Imports and exports Zuma sweeps the boards The plot thickens ICC tries more with less Floating arsenals in legal fog SWAPO picks a new leader Licence to secede New strains on the Union Egyptians return in search of gold The new gold rush How politicians help insurgents Boko Haram looks to Mali Clouds over Koroma’s victory Why Goma fell Kabila looks into the abyss Expert opinions Sanctions bypass What price the Unity Party Undiplomatic corps ZANU-PF’s gem of a campaign Opacity for all Dodging Dodd-Frank Oil and gas prospects fuel lake row How the branches voted Zuma or else Breaking ranks in Kismayo Hassan Sheikh keeps it in the family Juba runs out of patience No spring in the step Sesay and the city Elections 2012: Koroma in front Contributions gratefully received Elections 2012: Mahama ahead by a hair Bienvenido a Malabo Addis on a caution Was it a coup? Juba jitters Soldiers get ready Not yet spring in Mogadishu Opposition shakes Trovoada Sovereign wonga fund Three men in a boat Uganda accused Shell and the Delta litigations The $100 billion bash Khartoum’s military-industrial complex Target Khartoum Ghannouchi unplugged Abyei arrangement Guebuza’s new man M23’s other parent Changing tribal customs on J Street IMF finance for Mursi's new order Bankers of the world unite Borrowing big A poverty of strategy Fraternal rivalry Faure fading fast Ex-President Banda switches horses Big budget, big promises Winning them over one by one Zuma’s campaign pays off Handling the opposition Aziz’s power game Gbagbo’s Ghana connection Ouattara under threat again Regional confrontation looms Jonglei flashpoint Un-persons La Francophonie No new brooms Takeover at Kismayo Partial win for Guebuza Courting foreign business Campaigning begins First steps to stopping the stealing The grand corruption trap Election tax axed Sam stays on the ticket Mali a l’Amisom Come if you must Miners get bad reviews Financial faultlines Profits derailed Dead preachers poser Morganatic marriages Jammeh’s execution spree Opposition claims dismissed Luanda buys Mayfair trophy Aid threatened, conflict up As Amisom targets Kismayo, Al Shabaab changes tactics New president, new laws and old enemies The rush for land Kilelengwani burns New York showdown Disunited unions Zuma hits back as mining unrest spreads Mombasa murder The Mahama swing Sidelining Blaise Monitoring on hold Looting minerals Plunder unabated The Putin option Not out of the woods Hopes and fears offshore Politics over oil A sickly constitution Shift that coal Glittering prospects Rebels and defections Kabila seeks succour abroad Forex windfall test for banks Four more MPLA years Let them wear cotton The first oil election After a unifying funeral, a divisive election The case against Sam-Sumana President Mursi's soft coup Intervention plan revealed Ethnic arithmetic A rough, tough battle ahead The MPLA plans a landslide The Marikana massacre The other contestants Battle of the unions Mugabe's Maputo success The road home The man in charge, for now Rail to the chief Blaming the outsiders After Meles Clashes at mosques Three million euros in the fountain M23 moves up Former aide lashes Odinga Cross-border pollution Secrets are not forever Threats to Khama fade Sudan under protest The anti-sanctions race August will be hot Souvenir of Matebeleland It’s time for a vote Severely turbulent airline Biya swings the axe Death puts feuds on hold Vice-President in loan row Ivorian justice questioned The officers’ mess Obsequies and summitry Politicking after the mourning From no growth to low growth The missing host Stifling dissent No bang (this time) Sam with a plan The ball is in the court Luanda’s crude power One year on – unrealistic expectations remain unfulfilled Electoral victory roll Bamako drift The jihadists take over M23 makes the running A diplomatic coup in Addis Dlamini-Zuma takes charge Protestors’ pressure mounts Bank to bank Killers united Rocks and hard men Obama’s Congo law Rebels aim for Kivu secession Selected heads roll Bandits at large Jitters as Bozizé dumps ally Foreign sanctions miss target Politics and religion Rajoelina slows down the train Attacking civil society Zuma delays judgement day Turning security upside down Dazzling statistics Fine gesture No horizon Lucrative IIDEA Warlords at work The honeymoon’s over New broom passed over Reforming power Mutembo's targets Sata takes on the judges Justice denied A coarse debut Saitoti’s death leaves a gap End of transition looms Tuareg splits widen US 'protecting' Rwanda Kigali’s hand in the Kivus The Italian job Who's who in the Guinea loan saga A new battle to control the mines Money doubling Lomé out of Lomé Last ditch Questions of succession Pre-millenial tension Another Congo crisis Angola looks east War drums sounding The rich list SWAPO shutdown Islamic state The new Thabo Mbeki NTC puts poll in doubt Soldier against Muslim Brother Pushing the putsch Sanogo ponders compromise Warning to future Taylors Who fights for whom Faultlines in the foundations Mswati’s private party Poll post-mortem shocks Conflicts of interest A born-again state mining company Higher taxes, less nationalisation Entente absente The founder's fury An imported ally Devil of a mess Tuaregs talk government A government of few talents Rwanda looms larger in Kivu Wars of the succession Bouncing the Spring Fuel fraud fans public anger Rockets and meetings Sanctions threat drives talks Muscling out Mugabe Police and thieves The leadership race opens up Unrecognisable More time for the junta No go Sanogo Killing on the quiet Lowassa plans his comeback New financiers, new disputes Keep smiling Israel and the energy crisis Presiding over chaos Return of the RUF Champagne for the candidates Three days in April A long-distance run for Banda Discontent over Wynter Sata’s health and other scares Charity ends at home Running water, vaulting ambition Development over democracy Africa's run at the Bank Half-truths on subsidies Corrupt but open Koroma’s UN fear A question of security Star-struck James Ibori Wanted – the Terminator Return of the narco-state Stakes and taxes Energy bonanza promises real financial independence Police fail public order test The youth rebellion heads east From the Stasi to State House Prophecies and fantasies A political and military test All or nothing Differences sharpen in presidential poll The men who would be Rais Hope of peace for Cabinda The north and south of it Rebel against rebel – against the rest Issoufou under siege Gadaffi Junior's gaffe War drums sound as the South takes Heglig How Mutharika went wrong New leader, new broom Keeping it in the family Kibaki nervous over ICC The LRA is down but not out Opposition poll boycott Turkish aid And a food crisis too Zuma battles Juju UN clash over Beijing bullets claim Taking bribes seriously Ibori goes to Southwark Office politics Habre hangs on Condé looks East and West Militia hides behind civilians Keeping an eye on oil Dying by the sword Sassou for ever Uganda's profits of war Al Shabaab’s waiting game Senegal ousts Wade Rebels and putschists Power to the president Where’s the indigenous cash? Soothing the investors Sata stumbles The people who run the PDP show The President tightens up Friends reunited? Gomes in the lead Euro-Right backs Boers Personal, not business Opposition turns up the heat Empire-building in Addis Getting out of the bush Dead banker tweeting Poisoning the atmosphere Tunisia lobbies for the UMA The neighbours start talking The rise of Tendai Biti Constitutional reform blow Business gets a seat at the table At the top, a three-way split How to buy growth – for $100 billion Khartoum rewrites history Abacha’s ghost and Boko Haram Oil cuts as Delta erupts Diplomatic challenge Timis drills deep Wade poll shock Who's the democrat now? Unity on cash crisis Kwacha devaluation: not if but when Pressure mounts on Mutharika Lusaka restarts the anti-corruption campaign Companies fight regulation The Glencore-Xstrata merger Kabila targets the land John Michuki (1932-2012): A life Kibaki loses his peers Martial music plays in London Board to probe finances Cashing in on chaos All go for Tullow Rebels with a cause Blow to Geingob Ellen's green cred Inquest blue Wade rallies No freedom of the press Gadaffi’s bequest to region MNLA’s deadly mobility Libyan arms fuel Tuareg revolt The Woyome scandal and its casualties Who paid whom for what? Condé takes on the army and opposition The gamble for Simandou Early exit for UN envoy Big projects, money pressures The state of Zuma’s nation The trouble after Katumba No great expectations Unity is for others It's Woyome time No reform yet Fanfares for Africa Jobs for the boys Storm over opposition man A low-key second term Wade digs his heels in The shape of the deadly sect How terror came to Kano Who’s who in mines Oil is the new cocoa From Gadaffi to Qatar Waiting for government The Hague changes the game Who pays the pipeline The South goes for sovereignty Best friends, friends and foes The war goes regional Critics still not welcome Drop the pilot Crash goes the conspiracy Famine fallout Cutting rivalries Maputo shuns US concern Dragons in Eden The man most likely to succeed Pohamba New technology, new repression Electoral chicanery and the UN No confidence vote from companies Opposition steps up fight Mugabe breaks with the region Positions pending Cobalt's compulsory partners Marques takes them on The Accra boosters Sanusi hits out at subsidy racket How the fuel row caught fire The long march speeds up Great expectations Getting the vote right How the economy defies politics Smart money, prickly politics A year of living dangerously Zuma goes for broke One election, two countries Economic jitters as Tshwane looks East Rough roads ahead A race against time A pause in economic progress Votes, mines and money The future is military The war goes regional Downturn hits election agenda A vote on unfinished business Subsidy cuts and crony capitalists What lies beyond Tahrir Critics still not welcome Explore Somaliland Small coup in Quelimane High unit costs Donors challenge Bingu Comrades and compromisers Return of the Chissanoistas N’Dour wades in Economy faces royal crisis The King’s own Islamists Waiting for a breakthrough Brothers unbound Pachyderms in the parlour Timeline of a troubled vote Kabila: from farce to tragedy Opposition picks its champions Inside the security hierarchy The business of terror ZANU's honey trap Tax deduction The unprosecutables Fraud and violence The Gordhan knot Selling the state Banks strike oil MPLA curbs the media Palace plotters Condé talks to rivals ICC bags Gbagbo first Gbagbo to the Hague, nation to the polls The IMF and the Chinese loan puzzle A pipeline of votes Enemies in the north Presidential poll wide open What’s in Somalia for Ethiopia It rained on their invasion Storm warning Perth pangs Electoral alliances The gloves are off Nigeria and South Africa stand up ‘No monster’ Jammeh heads for victory Implausible denials Doubts about Sata’s zeal arise New challenges after messy elections USA joins fight against LRA Ferry fiasco dents Koroma’s standing Inflammatory subsidy Polls, leaks and expropriations Troubled waters, no oil yet Bargain mine sales draw fire Cyber attack Condé to look at Dahdaleh case Plot device Biya’s last hurrah Storm over SA mercenaries in Libya Political violence worsens Fears grow of poll delay Brinkmanship at the ballot Kenya’s Somali proxies Confused war aims cause alarm They don’t seek him here... The past is another country The succession players Dos Santos calls elections The struggle for the centre Malema and Zuma mass their armies Brothers-in-arms BAE Systems’ fine dilemma Devil take the hindermost Teodorin’s week How Banda got bounced A Scott in office The President starts purging From Delta militias to piracy Oil in troubled waters Military momentum Opposition on the march Coffers empty, power for sale Generals stall the revolution Contenders for the Assembly New rules for a new order Kibaki gambles on regional war with Al Shabaab Manoeuvring in Cairo Yesterday's rebels, today's rebels On the border Opening up Aso Rock Foreign policy aid The loot looted New leaf Those were the days The Security Council lands a new African problem Al Shabaab sets the agenda Uhuru looks back in anger Ministry of power struggles Banking on the move Getting the right numbers Soldiers shooting at dawn Election fails to stir passions Ellen wants first-round win Troubled exit for Banda Good boom, bad timing No EITI for UK By-election business Terrorist listing Recognised but risky Baba Laddé: Robber or Robin Hood? Mastering the militias International concerns Rajoelina agrees a deal General alarm US sources run for cover Too little, too late Are the politicians high? The fight of the century Economy recovers, security wobbles No springtime in Algiers Party postpones post-mortem A rocky electoral road The Gadaffi clan scatters You can take the Africa out of Libya All the President’s businessmen Play the game Making calls on the state Bozizé slows down his takeover Questions facing the new regime Death in Jonglei New South Sudan Ministers Disrespect for the President Bringing peace to the military Gbagbo: France’s part in his downfall Taking a stake in economic development Celso Correia, favourite son Leak now, pay later Vicente to succeed Dos Santos? Lobbying on Strain in ICC case It’s not cricket Changing times Protests postponed Prison politics Pinto da Costa back in office Renamo threatens a return to violence Fonseca’s win tests nerves The nationalisation investigators Suddenly, the nationalisation talk gets serious The police fail to protect The kingmaker general dies at Alamein It's urgent? Set up a committee Who cleans up in the Delta? The hits against Al Shabaab Al Shabaab – neither gone nor forgotten Gadaffi falls, revolution rises Military mayhem Nyachae and the Fund Crisis? What crisis? Favourite four Citizen candidate Mutatis mutandis Running on empty The strange case of the ex-Governors Governors on top and on trial Strange alliances Many more scores to settle 100 days of ADO Zuma's front-line diplomats Foreign policy flip-flops The President lashes out Some Banda backers exit A vote about money Politics and posturing Hard winter in Harare David meets Jacob Presidential guard fall out Don't call us Media makeover The radar scandal is back A Mills bomb for Rawlings Honesty – not the easiest policy Bad fences, bad neighbours From autonomy to sovereignty How the South moves north Maiduguri's terror crisis Unreliable economic barometer Spinning out of control Nairobi needs its fix Succession not reform Oil and reality Checkpoint Nairobi Opposition hits the Embassy Cabinda man arrested Durbar without elephants Veterans with influence Police powers set to expand Zuma and the securocrats How honesty can cost jobs Condé drives a hard bargain Strategic electoral alliances Rebels edge closer to Tripoli Refineries and rivalries Power cuts without responsibility Ministers old and new The usual suspects Abyei in limbo The clock strikes zero To be and not to be Mothballed MiGs Secret exits Military shopping Mbeki's money men Turning the tables Hit and hate Washington's military option Oromo opening Arusha verdicts Off the rails Rebels and revenge Pushing for Praia Brothers at war Holding up the peace Parties at work Tiny's last offer After the rains Ben's bid The next Zeroual In the badlands Militants and monarchs Seriously, though One day, son Reform dilemma Only a miracle Call back Parallel lines Feast ore famine The devil you know The battle to succeed Kikwete The rise of Team Kaberuka Election express Reports of Mugabe’s demise Regional leaders take on the President The trouble with Tobiko Blood and oil Power to the people, profits to the chiefs Boko Haram declares war Counting the cost Khartoum’s debt threat Malema and Zuma for breakfast Ritual killings spark riots Trial by procrastination Fuel crisis endangers regimes Generating power and cash Sata rises in the west Banda brothers on the attack Ocampo tries to protect the evidence Revolts change regional alliances The view and the cash from Arabia Attacks cause new crisis Big cabinet, bigger problems ‘Fear and... fiction from Clooney’ Edging towards the brink Trading standards Revised downwards Usman Optimism Political chemistry To a little kingdom Entrenched and overstretched Gunning for prawns Mining and undermining Strings attached Bellingham brings warrants The fastest growing family Blue Nile blues Shaky Guelleh snubs ICC All the way down Prosperity and paranoia Peace in Côte d’Ivoire, relief for Dakar Wade wants to stay on Coal train blues Can the King stop the spring? Where the BEE sucks Cocoa holds the key Long memories in Abyei Fighting for Abyei Election results keep Zuma in contention Cousins call Somersaults Call the lawyers War winnings Moving deadlines Devastating debts My Arabism tired me out Militias and market forces Severed supplies The right's embrace Dinosaur encore Obasanjo encore Turning the tide From the 38th floor Annan and Africa The Lowassa fight back Two leaders, two parties Ethical smelting Glencore connection Old man out Usama’s quiet friends in Khartoum Indicted war criminal fights election Shouting insults Succession discussions Why the Arab Spring worries Luanda Coulibaly: Death of a rebel Stabilisation now, reconciliation later Chaos keeps Gadaffi in the game A revolution in the revolution Not so golden jubilee All for the sake of the party Twin peaks Business front Bongo rebounds Before the storm Who comes next? Facing up to Savimbi The wages of war Misfirings False amnesties Best friends The Pinochet factor Asking the people An election foretold Ending an embargo Politics of prices Déby on top Gosh returns to the shadows Campaign timetable Getting (not too) tough on corruption Taxation without legal representation Opposition works the walk New brooms, old handles Towns at risk for the ANC Local elections threaten the ANC's national grip Sinking the pirates Bluff and bluster Beau Blaise loses it Governors, godfathers and guts Better elections, dangerous politics Fixing finances Taking the democratic out of DRC Uprising put down Hosting Hamas Zuma to the shores of Tripoli Boutef holds back the wave Mutharika cracks down The candidates line up Through the Wikihole Six in the dock George Soros offers some tips Tough questions for Condé A resolution in Abidjan A trap for the juggernaut Congo contradictions President Moi and the dynasty First the provinces, then the presidency Fighting rebels at home and abroad December surprise Rebel terror David and Goliath No nation, new regions Clubbing Beijing School meals and bullets Hello and good-bye Zanu-PF fails to oust Speaker The anti-Asmara campaign One man, one vote Some land lease agreements Mr. Smile and the militias The scramble for the South Who’s who in Zumaland Zuma’s presidential primary Watch the south-west Results that are fit to print In command and control The opposition breaks cover, slowly A family at war Khama country, again Millionaire debtors As bad as it gets The man who would be king Questions on terror Hello North Africa Au revoir, la République The Speaker's chair Council of war, but who's the enemy? The state of the forces Real bullets, phoney coup Europe's new line on Gadaffi Tanzania's gas players Gas finds offer hope of ending power-cuts Taxing problems for Zambia Pushing for probity Defying the democracy wave Ambushing the revolution On to the trial Guns, votes and cocoa Oil state on the record Making history The EU pays but keeps silent The revolution continues The Gupta factor It's all about jobs A port with no ships The King's budget Peering into the abyss Eritrea is not for sale Gold rush So where did the money go? Democracy heads south Power at a price ZANU-PF cries treason Gadaffi's fight to the death Militia massacres Pre-emptive policing No uranium for Tehran Cairo tactics Split the nation Cooking up those raw materials Zumanomics sound better Uneasy lies the head Rearranging the cabinet Obame: no, he can’t A fight for the President’s base Mubarak’s friends sanctioned Dropping the pilot First pick your judge The financial sanctions tighten Democracy standoff Winners of the wave Activists versus authoritarians Bad omens Less bashing for bribers Gamal Mubarak's retreat Bayelsa's fighting chance Ben Ali, biens mal acquis Cocoa ban may hit Gbagbo's war chest Squeezing Gbagbo's budget The political fallout A five-year exit plan Militia attacks on the border Through the looking glass Playing dominoes The major opposition Mubarak stumbles to the exit Summitry in a time of revolution Rewards and realpolitik Telling the story Propaganda war Abine quits RDPC Kabila moves the goalposts The junta gets ready Battle of the bankers Banda on the backfoot Subsidising politics Jonathan’s primary colours Brazil’s natural allies Rumbas in the jungle A family legacy The jasmine and khaki revolution The Abyei crucible The Tunis effect Birth of a nation Africa Confidential Political & Statistical Wallchart 2011 Careful what you wear The TFG’s August deadline Kabila again A permanent putsch Johnson Sirleaf stands on her record To Biya or not to Biya Even ZANU can change Getting ready to vote Mubarak and son limited He’s back on top again Freedom – North and South Electric elections Elections on trial Bongo feels the heat Banker for Benin ICC has Kenyan politicians on the run Challenging Banda Careless cables cost lives Diplomacy overheard Amid the chaos, a sort of vote The bombing of Kiir Adem Two presidents, one crisis One farm good, four farms better The wiles of a crocodile, the memory of an elephant Iron constitutions required General John Togo and all his enemies The war against the amnesty New guns on the block Don’t be vague, let’s go to the Hague Ocampo names six suspects Cranswick and Marange Why Nyanda had to go The next revolt Closing the laundries Abyei's protocol problems The thwarted contenders Mubarak's last stand Modesty Blaise Will the UN bail out of Congo? The case against Kabila's army Gadaffi's Jacob and Esau Oil, money and infighting Iranian guns and a king in Banjul Ruto takes on the courts Atiku, Buhari and Ribadu - the great northern hopes All the President's militias Culpable contracts Thank you for smoking Approaching the summit Paternal censorship Bye-bye Mr Speaker Opposition at sea over oil Oil to play for Challenging Madam President Musical chairs in Monrovia Jonathan’s Delta blues Abyei waits Taking on the journalists Mining for votes Holding their breath Old crocodile, younger croc A multi-faceted business Condé’s hard won victory Over the new rainbow And then, there were two Behind the election machinery Party unity trumps national reforms Kagame’s troops return to Congo The boom in Juba and its consequences Jarch Capital has friends in the South Khartoum’s new export trade UN rejects AU blockade plea Trade talk troubles Pushing Europe towards African farms Complex architecture but no deal Down but not out Sanctions fraying fast The bout begins Lying big, often At stake: oil, migrants and gemstones Daylight on Dos Santos Caught in the currency battles As power shifts eastwards, Africa boosts its stake Counting on growth Challenging the CCM Kikwete marshals his troops Northern opposition faces increasing duress Murder again El Baradei’s boycott falters Battle of the plans Coup-makers fall out Everyone wants a vote Ready for change in the Niger Delta Super-Minister Wade A rope for Ruto Oil joy, debt worry The gangs of Port Harcourt Moving statues Kinshasa in court Odds now on Condé The Quito question In search of policy Tobacco lobby meets in Swaziland Tobacco and the forex puzzle Buy now, vote later How Kibaki blocks the ICC Massaging the message The IMF asks the 5 billion euro question The car bomb whodunit The politics takes over again Buttering up Zuma SWAPO suffers bee stings A New York divorce Mixed minerals Election schedule 2010-2013 Runners and frontrunners Election delays and doubts A poll that perplexes Niger, Mauritania, Mali: the politics Four and not out Storms in the sand The missing election fund The bonus culture After the council, a reshuffle Postponing the policies A new strategy for Darfur Less debt, more deals Critics, crooks and credibility The field gets more crowded A false start Good man, impossible job Vavi and the unions stake their claim President under pressure A tight election timetable The President is for turning The real cost of Maputo’s aid Ghostly presences Malema loses a friend The UN’s credibility on the line Kigali wins another round of the blame game A suspect at the parade Wetangula – MP for Khartoum North Museveni’s ambitions, American reservations Museveni's foreign policy team Expanding the contracts All to play for The new guard steps up Indigens and expatriates Nuclear-powered brothers The Colonel’s Roman holiday Mounting strikes Turning a corner Otunnu objects Politicians waiting in the wings A dubious election date, again Strong investment, weak prosperity Copper-bottomed but leaky The battle of the Nile The polls close but violence continues Strategy of sabotage No referee for the referenda A government team in the oil battle The politics of no Under no circumstances Dog days in Lilongwe Opposition nuptials Bullfighting Mogadishu's ministry of truth The Afghan effect The numbers are looking up Roaring to go Taking sides in the big debate An uneasy ruling alliance 8 ways to clean up minerals Contract clashes New pressure on the war-minerals link Rumbles in the Rift This time a peaceful vote Abuja takes Halliburton to court Political spills Father Kukah, Professor Jega and the vote Goodluck with the numbers A formidable new party Coups and cocaine Secret talks Khartoum's most wanted Restless spirits What mattered was the football Karim the successor Wade’s one-man band He’s old but he’s running Katanga makes a comeback Secretive Shabaab Fighting on a new front Forgotten promises Zuma’s first-term casualties More gluttony The 3.8 billion dollar question Storm in an oil barrel A taxing compromise First to integrate Crisis on the Nile Realpolitik and resignations Criminal business is big business Mungiki’s new man We’re here to be recognised Minister Thiam covers his bases A second, tougher round How the CFA Franc zone works The falling euro drags down the CFA franc Secret oil deal Odious debts, now less debt Half a century, half the battle The assassin’s hand The opposition on parade The Museveni machine grinds into gear World cup shooting Mine not yours Bankrupt asylum policy In a spin Single party rules again High-stakes election The international agenda Crisis cabinets See you in court in Beirut Obiang’s prize turnip The Kingamyambo Musonoi tailings Ottawa confronts Africa at the G-20 summit Newsdays and the old days Diplomacy by other means Bombing the campaign Yes, No and in between The battle for the basic law Abbey's all clear The men who run the profitable show A disastrous half-century Oily alliances Welcome to London Higher taxes, says the OECD Where the money went Militias of the new age Flash point Southern Kordofan New management for new tasks Bringing in the money The rise of the watermelons Football fever, faction fever Mixed messages More boots on the ground Opposition wipe-out Dangote is a Gooner The fight for cellphones More muddles in the mines An unconvincing egotist Out of Africa and into Asia Dealers on a high Promising contracts Votes and the mining houses Legal limits Squashing the judges Reformers, politicians and generals Into the unknown Anti-corruption chief quits Witnesses under threat Books not bribes Too many cooks Blaming the USA Opposing Issayas A food crisis foretold Diamond disputes The UN packs its bags Elections loom as Kabila comes under fire from all sides Another corruption crisis The Patel alternative Zuma’s economic tightrope The IMF makes up with Luanda Boom-bust all over again Beny’s railway coup A second term for Sirleaf The gung-ho Governor Key points from Copenhagen Bye bye Betty River raid CDC goes offshore Fifty years on, forget the first forty A runaway army Tax and spend The battle around Banda Warming up in Cape Town Worrying the witnesses Out of the dip The deals, the votes and the fraud A good vote in Africa Stolen votes yield a hollow victory for Khartoum The Goodluck cabinet The Malema effect German exile Spiriting away diamonds ALEKE KADONAPHANI BANDA 1939–2010 A government in a hurry Looking for a landslide Contractual confusion Contention and contenders Le scandale pétrolier Live by the sword In a league of his own A moral dilemma Election-rigging guide book An election victory that widens the North-South gap Jonathan and the securocrats A united opposition protest The many ways to win the elections The rise and rise of son of Sam Kiplagat's truth Oil spill Easter parade The most complex elections The diamond mine drama A vote about corruption As elections arrive, the opposition shuns Omer A blow against impunity The front line of politics A dangerous compromise Altered image The next oil scramble Sonangol gulps Kabba on trial Death of a Sudanese activist The men at the centre Tarnished triumph Confusion after the coup Military money US military calls up Europe Aid strike in Maputo The north makes its stand Whitehall strengthens Sharif More troops for Mogadishu The President's would-be rivals FPR dissidents break cover The next revolution Reluctantly to the election Hush hush money Truth and Kiplagat Rapprochement and opportunity BAE Systems refunds fraud Uranium battleground Who's who in the Nigerien coup A coup to stop a coup Doubts over Darfur Target Asmara Another temporary fix Kabila's new slim-look cabinet Sassou's reforms on trial Burning passions Oil and optimism Small print, big figures Tightening the welfare belt On her Majesty's Secret Service Yar'Adua goes into extra time Dynastic dynamics Money muddles Quiet trips to DC A welcome for Monsieur Z Protection in the arms bazaar SWAPO's big guns in the fray Maize splits the Grand Coalition The bid to clean up MPLA Inc Dos Santos prepares for power, again Goodluck with the money Acting President Jonathan sets out his plans The junta explains If you sincerely want to be rich Beating up the bankers Petrified Politburos A clash at the border Malema, mines and the youth league The state of Jacob Zuma Warriors and diplomats David Coetzee Third time lucky It's all mine Training the trainers An American agreement Who’s who in Africom More money for the military Three leaders who count in the South Southern leaders compete for a new state The country gets richer, the party gets stronger The President ends his holiday Economic clouds, platinum lining No one writes to the Colonel Is Colonel Massi dead? Soccer shooting Murder mystery solved Who's who in the junta and beyond Democratic moves after the exit of Dadis BRIC building A slow return to growth Who gets the money? Two generals fail to make peace Problems on the home front Sanctions and the unsanctioned The UN looks for the exit The international Islamist The lucky friends The nearly man The great oil battle begins Who is heading for the Hague? Drought and politics Opening time at Osu Castle Elusive shoots of economic recovery A khaki option on the table Three men in a boat Walking right, talking left The elite scrambles for cover Global plaudits, local travails Succession is a family business Generational change Kabila and a sad jubilee Football, contracts and then votes Vote early, vote often The much-postponed polls Dry times for a quick election Dangerous neighbours Toumba on the run The oil obstacles SWAPO's victory challenged Banking on it Tarnished halo Nigeria's succession: the candidates Yar'Adua's cardiac crisis encourages Abuja plotters Rough ride A storm in the fish ponds Operation Atalanta in Pirate Alley A new regional peace effort North and South protest against the NCP election plan Prospering yet parlous Liberation economics, 20 years on Ready or not, here they come The Abacha family's plunder machine Rogues and rackets on trial Progress in Port of Spain Africa dons its Commonwealth cap The other power struggle The Experts win support Ailing president, procrastinating politics The opposition frontrunners Recycled activists, new tactics Many rivers to cross The rebels' disarming ambivalence The East takes on the South Mr Chambas goes to Brussels Faint heart never beat stout lady in the ruling party Didymus Mutasa dithers Football fuss A botched prosecution Drugs and thugs And throw away the key Al Shabaab targets Eritrea Jackie Selebi on trial Mr Moreno-Ocampo goes to Nairobi The rise and rise of ethnic politics From cowboys to corporates President Koroma pledges 'We no go tire' The smugglers make their fortunes UN investigators challenge Khartoum The race for second place In favour and out of cash China's new bid for Nigerian oil Big oil and small print The biggest reform of all Khama control 'Too many enemies' Good judge, bad judge Party time for the first family Brand new MDM will challenge Frelimo A dominant party – not a one-party state Experts argue about Africa's prospects Throwing out the neighbours Blood on the stones Jammeh says what he thinks To catch a thief Soldiers out of their depth New faces in the justice system A killing in Kakata Abuja buys a Delta amnesty After his release, Simon Mann seeks revenge and a book deal Seeking power Costly payment delays Turkana hunger Zuma's faith Jolly Roger justice France and the Fund apply pressure Brazzaville counts on France and the IMF It's the economy, probably Khama's expected triumph A year after the crash Britain and bribes in Ghana Washington unveils its new policy as tension rises throughout Sudan The great World Bank capital chase Corruption claims and rows tarnish Accra's record Matebeleland fallout Tsvangirai's walkout puts Mugabe on the backfoot In and out Conditional love Old hat, new hat Bankable Assets Opposition in search of unity Gunning down democracy Leaving the door open Family planning un-gagged Africa joins the billion club A family business A renewed army, an old-style police More power for Freetown Congo-Kinshasa's big five mines Dam intrigues Mines, dollars and dams A twist in the Thales American airlift Hybrid justice Women at war Leaders in waiting A King takes on the President Washington lobbyists stake claim Which vulture flies? Who's Who Britain's demanding ally in Tripoli A new diplomatic deal after four decades in power Bondo welcomes Kibaki The row over Aaron Ringera A business and strategic foray Why the banks stay optimistic In this week's issue... Glass houses Election gloves off Trafigura and the toxic waste Sodom and tomorrow The vote and the money Nkurunziza's formula for victory Food crisis Dangers and dilemmas in the Horn of Africa The flag follows the trade Remaking an old relationship After the bank purge, back to the politics Khartoum and Beijing disagree Khartoum pressures Southern Sudan over oil Trafigura in court Let my people go Sweet freedom Haunting Museveni The commissioners of the TJRC Mixed messages and sanction threats Who (if anybody) will try the killers? Suing the messenger So far, so Zuma An American road to Khartoum A return ticket for security chief Salah Gosh Shiri salutes, sort of After Msika - a new pecking order Greed, gold and grit A new economic team emerges Theatre, peace and votes in the Delta After the boom, a purge Washington backs the TFG Parliamentary prosecutions Vicente's Portuguese links A general in waiting After Bongo, more Bongo Namibia's China disappearing act Behind the sidelining of General Martin Shalli The hard road to truth, justice and reconciliation A stolen election, then a coalition A 'government of national impunity' The poorest protest Township protestors take on the ANC government Inside Boko Haram Islamists raise the stakes as they take on Yar'Adua In this week's issue... Kofi Annan puts politicians on the spot over poll violence Kenyan politicians face new deadline The CIPEV's recommendations Amnesty not honesty Fifteen years of one-man rule Charles Taylor gets his day in Court Ellen Johnson Sirleaf - the sequel International justice and its pitfalls Eastern foes at war again A multinational road to army reform Aziz's strong-arm vote Coalition chaos Abyei arbitrage No reconciliation, little truth No free speech here Go on, negotiate Competition for Niger's uranium President Tandja goes for a third term Anglo American's CEO fights back Anglo American seeks fresh capital The missing suspects The quest for justice after the genocide continues Sonangol goes international Half-time for Yar'Adua Ghana's DC dividend Obama's akwaaba moment Washington's Africa team takes shape Barack Obama launches his agenda in Ghana No funeral for Françafrique Poungui disqualified Hide and seek On top and in charge Camara's reality television The coup-making government lives on 'Selling the South down the river' Coup anniversary – 20 years of Islamist rule Kikwete's bailout package Unable to spend Good news for some Synchrobudgets Tshwane's big five Business beyond borders The hard road to a new constitution Tsvangirai carries the can The hunt for Tompolo Uhuru's accounting crisis Jobs and votes Curbing their enthusiasm Après Bongo How to win in a recession Inside the four big oil traders The other Pan-Africanists Weapons for Darfur Mistaken identity Banana skin Hanging tough This time it will be different Tajudeen Abdul Raheem Akwaaba Obama Who's counting? The China choice The cement boom A public quarrel A double win for Bingu Looking for a sense of security A filial succession The contenders The elections are coming, but don't hold your breath Target Mogadishu The telephone test You've stood, now deliver National, not regional The fight gets more serious Franc Afrique Wade dynasty Open sesame Tactical defeat Don't blame me! Diamonds lose their shine A credit-crunch presidency Pax Guebuzana Welome back, Chief Tony Votes that don't add up The security brigade Pragmatism trumps ideology Crime and amnesty Until the stout lady sings The challengers A change is going to come After the G-20, the money-go-around Harder cash but warmer words Losing the plot Warnings Speak easy Do or die An offshore imbroglio Who is in charge here? Brothers and enemies Who shoots first? Ernest's election Keep someone else’s peace No rally for the MDC The fight over the basic law On the line to Zuma Learning to love Jacob Zuma The bust and after Oil without borders And the good news Museveni - from grand reformer to simply surviving Une affaire de famille Tendai Biti has a plan Good-bye to Zimbabwe's dollar From retreat to turnaround Victory in a vacuum Sums that don't add up The Mills grind slowly It's the political economy, stupid! Zuma's surprise package The contenders The Halliburton trials Integrity in question Hamas and Hezbollah His father's son A reform deadline for the rivals Inside the sealed envelope In office, but not in power Inevitable victory The electors: a changing landscape The battle in the provinces Words like freedom Don't forget your SIM card Aller-retour Libya and its African brothers Air strikes and silence Homemade toxic assets Sanctions and finance One nation, two conferences Then there were two Security in disguise Controlling Parliament Bredenkamp bites back Sub-Saharan Africa's Economic Outlook: The Crisis Deepens Prominent Empowerment Deals The piracy menace After the economic crash, the political fallout Khartoum fights back New battles for Darfur An African 'war on terror' BEE hits the credit crunch Anti-pirate alliance 'Andry TGV' takes over Paying off grudges Trouble in Kinshasa Farewell, Lady Bongo Ancestral spirits Shake-up in Freetown See you in the court Unfinished business Claims and counter-claims A morality contest Waiting in the wings A brutal family business A new federation Omer the outlaw Now blood gold Worthless cash Next, the mines Caviar and cholera Mutually assured destruction Tesler trapped Pushing Wako The rebel's return Alison Des Forges New putsch, new players Two horse race Nice enough Where is Al Shabaab now? The Sheik Sharif show The indispensable Manuel Don't shoot the ambulance Rich resources, little investment Peace and the looming crisis The briefcase tycoon is back A mutual security pact The ZANU team The MDC line-up A mixture, not a coalition More couscous Who dares, loses Medical advice The long arm Small but strategic Stalemate in the Western Sahara Electoral juggernaut House of Mubarak Junta asks for time Rumblings of dissent The Gadaffi business Reform-minded monarch Is Rawlings the back-seat driver? Lining up the Mills team Who's who in the standoff Politics curdle for the Yoghurt King Copper slide High stakes in the Gonopoly game Harare's new rule book Power-sharing for bankrupt beginners Shotgun wedding The summit divides over unity Diversions and deviations at the Summit Why Jos burned Good-bye, maybe Ghana's chance Oil ballot Serious fraud hunt Topping the charts Out on a limb Africa scrambles for Africa Abidjan's anglos Une autre entente Hornet's nest Political chemistry Dubious democracy Many complaints, some satisfaction Trial and error Central Africa's schism West Africa, according to Mr Taylor No surrender, no deal Economic facts and fantasies Back to the battleground Credits crunched Yom Ashura Guards for sale Khartoum's bankers Biya rejects the Ghana model Zuma versus the law A rift among rebels New rules for the oil business A gathering storm Bargaining with warlords No longer at ease New politics, new threats The new men under fire A popular putsch, so far Before and after the voting Two and a half cheers for democracy Old wounds, new crises Courts and killings Whiskey doubles all round The end game speeds up A new landscape unfolds Trying to cope Zuma's Christmas Here for the beer Jungle justice Out with an editor Back to Addis A sheikh returns to the fray Another third term in Africa Boutef, the Life President Hunting the killers Who fixed the election and how More unga than chungwa Nkunda wants the whole deal Crisis? What crisis? No change we can believe in Mutinies, money and Mugabe More pressure on the cedi The winner has to wait Pirates and the lads Corruption credentials Diabolical quarrels Identifying the problems Swapping Stakes Slowdown hits the sparklers Dialogue of the deaf Master political survivor Biya's grip How to reinvent Black Economic Empowerment Where the parties get their funds Who arms Laurent Nkunda? Shooting down a president The business of politics Mining downturn A message from our sponsors Making money with Britain's help Greed in a time of cholera Towards Mali Mutual aid Espion embarrassant Anonymous commerce A kidnapped colonel A mysterious US$100 million The Gono hot air balloon The aid debate: good, bad or misplaced Bringing in the harvest How smuggling pays for killing The man who says no Nujoma's grasp Banda boxes clever Banda, the successor Changes ahead for UN forces Among the survivors The waiting game Three's a crowd Forever delayed Minority politics Economy: Trouble in the markets Nigeria's banks: double or quits The youth game gets older Two brutal stalemates Facing Nkunda The Left's alternative economics Squaring the circle Kony's new front Islamic alliance Pirates and tanks Corruption countdown The Waki report Calling politicians to account Africa and the credit crash Sweet FA The Kivu impasse A one-sided election The breakaways All politics is provincial On the verge of a nervous breakdown Hunger stalks the land Mugabe rearranges the deckchairs A diamond power play Diplomats on the campaign trail Obama rings the changes Brothers reunited Khartoum's strategy Spiralling serpents Pre-presidential discord Financial and political chaos The Millennium stops here All my friends in New York Arms and the boys Brotherly love Spreading toxicity Alarmed allies Farms are the key Politicians parley, people starve Next, the economic battle Another ethnic scramble Graft never really went away Forest contracts review Prime Minister departs Would be breakaway 'Elder brother' Motlanthe A wounded presidency Treaty testing Copper crunch Frequent flyers Pushing out patronage The President's men All about power Who's counting? Men of honour Jet set and match Spinning south King's move Paris and the prince Taylorland under siege My enemy's enemy Pride and prejudice It's the economy The General's election Concrete overcoats Tin soldiers Pirates afloat Exorcising demons The ANC – a luta continua Politicians versus judges The Angolagate trial The storm before the storm The Darfur dance A rough beginning Stand and deliver Running mates Deals after the deal Political theatre A three-legged race Banned, still deadly Francophone fronts Conference calls Cyril and the suits Hard talk in Kinshasa Up with Biwott Voting violence Unhealthy talk Adenuga's back The drones club A cocaine coup fails Two virgins The son also rises The dead bite back Who wants to run the country? A hard act to follow It's go-go with Gono Mnangagwa's second coming Commissions galore The evidence unfolds Muzzling the media Campaign coffers Elections at last Service shuffle Truculent two Bin Laden's bridge After Levy Quiet coup Iron ore, jaw-jaw The high price of political phones Right number, right time The grounds for complaint In the dock for the bombings Delta forces Wasteful wars, foreign friends The rot at the top Our mutual friend The Nogo and Gono show Bristling border The names and the shame How the fighting spread Blame the judges Presidents and lawyers Coalition under strain Bogged down Fru Ndi's trial The real deal Fourth for M7 Jam-packed The judges, lawyers and ministers Judges of the Constitutional Court Taking positions Saving Omer A sick man's contest Yar'Adua's judges on trial Arms and the men Britain and the sanctions question War crimes Boom time Not much enlightenment Zuma takes the provinces The Colonel's shopping spree A hotel, a minister and a scandal Wako's war Land grab Radio Silence 'If you have a gun you attack everything in front of you' Abyei - a border that shapes the future Not the plane truth Pirates of the Horn ZANU-PF stashes the cash Transatlantic tryst Virtual voters Soldier go, soldier come Authoritarian notes Ivorian auction Industrial revolution No case, no answer The competition heats up Skimming a bad system Democratic deficit Kony causes trouble again A slightly cracked coalition Friends old and new Daughters and generals One party rule The Russians are coming Time to reshuffle Slow turnaround Keep an eye on Mnangagwa Can the party hold together? Where the government gets its money Deaths and deals Leaving for Lomé Look in The Mirror Une autre entente II Mining the depths Down with tariffs Franc-zone to Euroland Morgan's third way The fire this time Somali ceasefire signed Shooting war in Djibouti Getting their own back Graft at the top After the politics, the money The region grows – despite politics and prices The neighbours start to turn The praise singing club Yar'Adua boosts oil production Slaughter on the border The Ibori test At the circus Third term triangle Tourist trap Tough times The khaki election Diamond horror Mawere against Mugabe Correction Sanctions and standards A family business Once more the President's man Biya's purge The cracks spread Locked up Off with their heads Change in Chikomba Fighting democracy – Mugabe's last stand Quiet President, worried country A last chance reshuffle Paying the price Bemba under arrest Apartheid's awful legacy Ulenga's challenge Lomé minus Lomé Muddy waters Disunited kingdom Gouled's choice War in the mountains Boutef is bounced back Washington Who's Who London's laundries Nuclear nexus James Lemkin Oil is expensive: water, anyone? A look on the bright side In the rain-forrest A dangerous invasion Money battles Judge Kriegler looks into the elections Grand coalition - its divisions and prospects A targeted killing Abyei devastated Who is JEM? Battle of Omdurman Battle lines in Washington and Africa Brand new Zuma washes whiter Mnangagwa's return to form Dealing with a wounded tiger Good COPS, bad COPS Oddly normal II Under cover Wojciech Chodan, Pepys and Shell The gas ghost keeps haunting It's the price that counts Peace deal in shreds Drifting apart Hidden depths The stand against Mugabe Sick man, sick opposition The departed return Fighting the Fund Accidental coup Bongo for Bill Deadly diamonds Shell-shocked The fiscal fight The military imbalance Fantasy rules The $2.7 billion hole in the bank Abubakar's offer Bongo's lobby fest Enemies within World-class war Provincial power struggle Confusions in the Cape Whitehall's Africa team Diplomacy with attitude Publishing pearl Lightning strike Big Wheels Island initiative Oil-fired warfare Uneasy peace Compulsory coalition Golden parachutes Eritrea and its cousins Regional collisions It's Omar II Fernandez letter Forced to talk Muluzi's democracy test Divided republic Crisis brings opportunity Reforms, but not radical Cash call Politique a l'Americaine Number crunching Vicious voting The peace process teams The peace deal that wasn't Oceanic turnaround The opposition line-up Can the opposition fight and can it rule? It's not over yet Oddly normal Gluttons for punishment In the fog of peace Unhealthy prospects Open season on Obasanjo Gaydamak goes Cabinet crisis Biya amendment Trouble at Mills's The best elections money can buy Treading on the corn Diamond power New man, new discipline Nigeria takes on Big Oil Lake Albert and the gushers Big oil, dear oil, new oil The main points of the Abyei Protocol The real dividing line The hyperinflation club Tsvangirai's transient victory The ugly endgame Reforming the reformers Down, not out Figuring it out Gauteng for Mbeki Sitting target Butcher Shop Jollies and jets Hotel Hellacious Nightmare on Broad Street The vultures gather Addis plays its diplomatic cards The border deadlock La Françafrique est morte, vive la Françafrique The spirit moves them The ex-revolutionary front Marking ballots, selling shares Harare eyes the Kenyan model The sick man of the south Cocaine coast Goma's ghosts Inscrutable Khama King Bauxite First clean up, then list Stash the cash Moses on the mountain Down the mines Life after a game of golf Trans-Century and transcendental Second honeymoon for the money men Missing the target The road to ruin Elections within elections The people versus Biya On the brink of a deal A birthday at Beitbridge Constituency carve-ups Technical knock-out The Harambee House deal An outbreak of cordiality Lifting the bamboo curtain Bush, the farewell tour Not on parade Local is national The Wade summit Politics of the budget Putting figures on it Thunder on the left Selective divestment Mission position Party probe Bad marks Indicting Kigali The Hillary effect From Chikurubi to Blackbeach Power crisis Cleaning the stables Papers and death merchants Delays in deployment Beyond the borders Déby – caught between Paris and Khartoum Message from the wazungu The safari talks In the lion's den The real Makoni stands up Electrical and political power cuts Divided House in Cape Town Cocaine cops Wealthy sovereigns Ordinary rendition Makoni's mouth Military options The spurned advisor at State House The soldiers wait in the wings Presidents, gems and trade One Conakry, two Lansanas Economic crisis without borders Bring in the money Kabila's men, Kabila's jobs Déjà Kivu Oil and Abuja: A rockier relationship Judgment day is coming Taxing times Higher level Father and son Accounting problems Frontier market The gang's all here Handshakes at dusk Panic, what panic? 'I know the corrupt' Show time for the spooks Zuma's people on top The party is not yet split Jumping ship The heart of the matter Looking for a leader The centre versus the rest Politics and Economics in 2008 Elite and underground politics Unjust deserts in the Western Sahara From war to peace Lev Leviev lands in London Kingmakers and charlatans A slow road to travel Political hurdles ahead The Indian Ocean swells Kenya moves closer to the edge Election shockwaves spread Cross patch Mnangagwa momentum Pitching camp Bank blow With a little help from his friends Copper-clad deals At last, a possible peace Race to the top A peninsula war The oil governor under arrest See you in court Not quite indispensable 'Unstoppable tsunami' From the Muthaiga Club to the hustings Raila and Team Tinga Closer and closer Two crocodiles Koroma's Christmas present Regal rivalry The wrong report Ethiopia's options A new man in Mogadishu The Africa Forum Three men in a boat On the edges of the club Moving on Secretarial duties Mr Secretary Sharma Friendly in Kampala Mbeki to the rescue The third man or possibly - woman Zuming ahead Breaking up the party The cedi and pesewa vote Who spends, wins Sanctions sense Guerre du lac Mining undermined Animated suspension Conflict diamonds change shape Less blood on the stones Promises and lies Judges misjudged Wading in All come to the aid of the party – and fight it out The tail wags the dog The compromise candidates This time I'm going. No, really Two hotels go missing Problematic peace as the Commonwealth meets Fund furore and banking bailout New chiefs now, new policies later Scrum half Brown's boycott Digging Belinga In loco parentis The wooing of Kinshasa No borders against trouble Which rules? Whose laws? Godfathers, the sequel Raiding the camps Sam bows out again Conflict in a lakeside church His friend Bob Shooting the messenger Comprehensively breached The Mo Laureate Bond bonanza Renaissance woman Security seats Trading places The new man picks his team Take me to your traditional leader A king's ransom Zuma, Buthelezi and the Zulu nation How many states for the north? Fall out at the top Bad history Wait while we connect you Salva and the Salvation regime Wrong number again Surfing the surge Healing the rift That troublesome border A Katsina man in New York Ban Ki-moon's people Debuts on First Avenue The 'Soro ranks' A do-it-yourself peace Mining men Contract committee Contracts under review Le scandale géologique Intelligence in a divided house Zuma in the sights Exit Pikoli, Chief Prosecutor Doctor, doctor The opposition advantage Trebles all round Southern warning Kasongo v CAMEC Boots nearer to the ground Best election dirhams could buy Revolt in the desert Roots of the ONLF rebellion The Ogaden's trickling sands The banishing of Billy No holds barred Turbulent priests Signs of movement A clean sweep, maybe No ode to joy Yellowcake rebellion A turn for the worse Leaky bucket Putting the country to work Darfur deadlines Cocaine central Secretarial duties Old timers and first timers Africa moves up the agenda Mugabe's people in the provinces He keeps on winning More fighting, more aid Gas project haunts politicians A tale of two cities Unhealthy (II) Unhealthy (I) Smokescreen Neighbours undercover The race to win Who's Who in the war and peace talks Half and half Mission improbable Non-Government Who's Who Government Who's Who Ottawa rewrites the diplomatic and commercial rules Breaking the political mould Closer and more credible Doing good, not doing well Tinga's tractor in top gear Politicians overboard Boiling point Winning ways Rapture not rupture Sam the lifer Going wrong again Parties turn to the young guards Electoral arithmetic Back-biting Rumours and plots Making haste slowly No contest Personal not proportional The first-round fight The Millennium deal More blood, more cash Death of a general Post-presidential Mugging Miala Clipping Taiwan Tower of power Jacques et le juge Unity on a smaller scale Election failure Can't pay, won't pay South Africa's Communists: The People A Communist manifestation - the return of the left White Nile sees red in the south Salva's shuffle Judging the judges Justice at a price Ministerial and musical chairs Everyone's in the race Long arms Bank robbery Brownie points Nkunda in the hills Books on the boom Tokyo's business village Cyril the suit and his assets The race for the presidency heats up as business joins in Economics of the sieve Politics of the sieve Good week, bad year The Gadaffi caravan moves on Nkrumah's second coming Unfunny money Yellow card Francophilie Paris to Lusaka The Nile flows on Mbeki's triumph Where's the door? New team, old players Exeunt sojas All hail to the chief Kivu clashes ahead Sarko's team Unity? Who with? All aboard The clock turns back The cocaine web spreads Post-war hopes hit trouble Warriors by proxy Unlikely meeting of minds In denial, in extremis Intelligent design At the barrel of a gun Rival refugees Bienvenue à Alger Gem gumshoes Chissano tastes success Close shave Powers behind the throne Mbeki the mystery The National Islamic Front on parade The NIF goes on a charm offensive Russian roulette Eat the document Sanction action Blood chocolate The Vulcan has landed Africa's new debtors Life without Jacques A strange alliance Cosa Namibia Sam and son of Sam Brown and the Brownites From Blair to Brown Terror comes home to roost Campaign confusion Champagne in the Delta The new man in Abuja Not my party Grounded Kabila gets a rival The Bank test Banished ballots In the front ranks Room at the top The troops see red The Western response Year of the Pig - the new scramble for Africa A wolf in the Congo Dollars and mines Big plans for power, roads and water The Shanghai set Kaberuka seizes the moment Privatising politics Border blues EU exports A deal in Lomé A hard act to follow Savimbi's splitters Ethnic straitjackets Fighting talk Exit Arkady Judges swoop Noble's demise Vote later, vote often Jacob and the dog collar L'Avenir c'est Sarko Vultures over Lusaka Stop thief La caravane passe au Mali A break with the past Congo-Kinshasa's cumbersome experiment Oppositionists and activists struggle to shake out the system Africa's mission undermined Caught in the act Up for the cup A new white hope Giant steps A troubled transition Kabila's last throw Arranged marriages Tripoli calling Robbing Peter... Micro-state struggles Power cuts Totally elfin Alger l'Africaine Tougher talk Oiling the wheels of peace Showing who's boss French hook The past awakes Going nuclear Russian-style Pass the hat around The trials of Wolfowitz Politicians and their parties ATT seeks takokélén Mogadishu clear up The Jihadists' friend The great gamble Khalifa in court Under attack Uneasy truce in Delta State The men from the south The dealmaking begins Rendition confusion Chukka, not pukka Areva in hot water Going nuclear Economy Under new management The bashing of Bemba Analysis Kabbah in a hurry Aid and votes Table Too many parties spoil the polls Yar'Adua prepares for power Jacques' jaunt Out of Africa Gerald's jeep Presidential field Too close to call U-turns, screw turns Leakey's big game Problematic peace Desert kingdom or desert republic? Our friend, the new king No jogging ADO ado Gas mask On the fringe of a war A hammer to a nut Manège à trois Old unions, new ANC Not for turning Clearly confusing Obasanjo's one hundred days Self-determination Muddy votes Moi's no-shuffle Choppy waters Chinja maitiro! Nervous tension Friends fall out Complex war, ambitious peace Constitution clampdown Changement dans la sérénité A blow-up blows over Deadly collaboration Oil's new power A frontier affair The wealth in common Rough justice How to put it together again - as the Mugabe regime totters Regional ructions Coming to the aid of the parties No-party politics rule Claims on Kebble's gold First murder, now money Trouble in the neighbourhood Discontent in the air Muluzi the Third The thirsty wait for water The kidnap mystery To chop or to save - the main players Can the trees be saved? All their own work The neighbours are unstable Referee in a tug-of-war Measuring the dirty money Financial secrecy Which clan is in charge now? Peacekeepers under fire Soft sell at 50 Cash and blood on the streets Beware the Ides of March Mosisili's snap victory Trade union truce Bad medicine Southern front First steps Pipe Dreams Zambia's big new investments The bitter side of the boom Mining revolt A highly political budget Chirac's last Cannes-Cannes Wade gets his way A rare soldiering success Hinga's death hits home Indictments, then elections The grudge match goes on Global prisoner Authoritarian alliances Senegal Elections 2007 SWAPO splinters China in Chambeshi Buying time Anniversary boycott Toxic traffic Shuffling the deckchairs Conté goes another round Who counts in the Darfur rebellion? The commanders confer Women in power Muluzi on the record Ethnic alarums Odinga and the Oranges Kabila's yes-men Winner takes (almost) all Cyril eyes the presidency Raining on the parade No deal for Seck Bond breakthrough Snowe white-out Minni on the rampage Guebuza and governance Upwards and onwards Ghana's gain The snubbing of Sudan How crooks still exploit the system The Addis to Mogadishu axis Two peas in a pod The strike that shook Conté Buhari's election headlines What future for the reform team? Party pieces Polls postponed Bad moon rising Strangers in the night Who said what to whom? Promised land Enter the capitalists Packaging the peacekeepers Gushing higher Breaking the line South Africa's spat How to run a continent Bailing out President Mugabe New Year election blues Tafidan's ghost Marching across the border Peace but no keepers Politics and Economics in 2007 Waiting in line Succession sagas The new frontlines The Pharoah's long adieu Old soldiers never die Generals and lawyers On the brink Candidates and rivals Annivesaries and elections Annual Conference Law wars Trade-off Crossing the river Hotel Mogadishu Crossed lines An economic fairy tale Joining the big league Washington shuffle Testing Mittal's steel Economy up, politics down Peace and security Khartoum's proxies Militias and the South The Southern front reopens Penalty shoot-out Knocking out the lion's teeth Retaliatory justice Resolution riddles Grafters' gridlock Comeback couples Atiku again Forget the politics, say advisors Powering up The President speaks Investigation down under No win, no gain Voters and protestors start to register A plan from the centre Sudan targets Chad Defining the peacekeepers The Darfur deadline passes La grande rupture The police chief, his friends and foes Help, murder, police! Carpet crossing Presidential chopper Vila Algarve Turki's landing All property is theft The established producers The new exploration grounds Digging a black hole After the results Sekibo and the drones An outsider moves up the list Breaking the arms embargo The Mujuru political network Surreal succession Banny's bonus Madonna madness Ill-judged death Missing in action Fear of flying Legal minefields Economic star, social crisis Upbeat Statisticians Beyond the Horn Commerce, cooperation and controversy The Dutch diversion Wars across borders Boots on the ground Starstruck Starcrest The next election deadline Contretemps Toxic trials Riek's battalion Kobi's refuge Signal from Saudi No man an island No EASSY rider Diamond dollars Diamonds, gold and guns Who is eligible to vote? The road to the ANC's 2007 National Conference The ANC's toughest election yet All for one, not yet The Titanic sails at dawn Brothers in Armenia The anti-corruption collapse Carole Collins Sam sues Radio row The West's weakness Jammeh tomorrow Let it walk Toxic timeline The toxic trade Cairo's costly hubris Pride and prejudice No consensus on the census Leaving it late Peace postponed Enter ex-Presidents Back in the fold Khartoum's jihadis Crying Wolfowitz One of us cannot be wrong Déby supreme, for now Ambitions in the north Pots, kettles and corruption Easy for Jammeh A bull in China's shop Gosh again Biya goes on and on Dubious coup Mbeki's diplomatic team New powers, new policy Heading north Mission Mogadishu A threat to the Horn and beyond The forces in Darfur's war Presidential hopefuls take to the road Countdown for Conté Explosive results Troubled talks Sam and the successors The real rebels Cabinda dreaming Starter's orders Zapping the zeroes A political resurrection Undercurrent Bredenkamp busted Democratic deficits Levy and King Cobra Budget bludgeon Flirting with the enemy After Darfur's deal Courts without authority Two elections, one country Khartoum's veto Challengers step up Snow white The governor's dues Up close and personal Front-runners and hopefuls A new political season Pressure mounts to end neglect of the North Opening broadside Pause in St Petersburg Charles Janson Unhappy returns Time's up Zanzibar: the islands are quiet for now Zero tolerance, so far New Luanda's gleaming towers Beijing's embrace Beijing's touring team Pomp and patronage Posturing outweighs the policy Ndebele intrigue