Vol 40 No 9 | AFRICABRITAIN Diplomacy with attitude 30th April 1999 The Labour government's ideas of an ethical foreign policy and activist diplomacy have met their toughest test in Africa's conflicts British ministers talk boldly of 'militant humanitarianism' and 'defending civilians against terror'. They refer to Kosovo, but some African officials have asked their Western cou...
Vol 57 No 13 | EUROPEAN UNIONAFRICA The General's identity crisis 24th June 2016 After a dramatic arrest in Khartoum there are doubts about whether British and Italian police have got the right man The mystery surrounding the identity of the Eritrean 'people-smuggler' arrested in Khartoum and deported to Italy shows the difficulty of unravelling smuggling networks. Is the man...
Vol 38 No 24 | FRANCEAFRICA Franco-phoney war 5th December 1997 As Paris sides with Nigeria against a US oil conglomerate, its old allies feel uneasy France's Elf Aquitaine and Nigeria have joined forces against America's Mobil Oil and Equatorial Guinea in a latter-day variation of the Fashoda incident. Urged on by General Sani ...
Vol 59 No 11 | EUROPEAN UNIONAFRICA Migration clouds treaty hopes 1st June 2018 Arguments about migration could scupper the successor to the Cotonou Agreement – the treaty governing relations between the European Union and 78 African, Caribbean and Pacific cou...
Vol 41 No 11 | UNITED STATESAFRICA Duty free 26th May 2000 This day has been a long time coming, but it is here.' So declared US President Bill Clinton on 18 May, before signing the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA). This is meant t...