Vol 46 No 25 | GAMBIA Teflon Jammeh 16th December 2005 Accusations of gross humans rights abuses and corrupt deals with the late Nigerian military leader, General Sani Abacha, barely worry President Yahya Jammeh. The Commonwealth and others have...
Vol 46 No 25 | NIGERIA Political petroleum Inc. 16th December 2005 Oil magnate Wale Tinubu, 37, and Oando PLC have made a big splash with the company's listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange last month. Oando's 3 billion Rand...
Vol 46 No 25 | NIGERIA Bye bye Bayelsa 16th December 2005 The first stage of President Olusegun Obasanjo's operation 'Restore Hope' against Bayelsa State Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha is over with the impeaching of the beleaguered Governor by the State's...
Vol 46 No 24 | NIGERIA Tummy tuck, bellyache 2nd December 2005 The dramatic farce in Bayelsa State is about money, not local patriotism 'Thank heaven for the return of our father,' sang several thousand supporters of the Bayelsa State Governor, Diepreye Solomon Alamieyeseigha, on 21 November, the morning of his return...
Vol 46 No 24 | BURKINA FASO Five years 2nd December 2005 The election was not democratic but the President's allies go on backing him After 18 years in charge of one of the world's poorest countries, President Blaise Compaoré has won five more, with a declared 80.35 per cent of the vote....
Vol 46 No 24 | BURKINA FASO Strong boss, weaker party 2nd December 2005 There is no challenger to President Blaise Compaoré's dominance of Burkina Faso's politics. If he chooses in 2010, he may amend Article 37 (2000) of the constitution and...
Vol 46 No 24 | SIERRA LEONE Counting on oil 2nd December 2005 Donors pledged upwards of US$800 million in reconstruction aid over the next three years at the Sierra Leone Consultative Group in London on 30 November. This far exceeded...
Vol 46 No 23 | LIBERIA Madam President 18th November 2005 Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has the political support and economic experience to succeed Security, anti-corruption and political reconciliation top the agenda as Liberia prepares for its, and Africa's, first female president. Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, 67, a former director of the United Nations...
Vol 46 No 23 | LIBERIA Off-road rage 18th November 2005 Members of parliament are angry because the Chairman of the National Transitional Government of Liberia, Gyude Bryant, has refused to sign a bill allowing them to keep their...
Vol 46 No 23 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE Circling the wagons 18th November 2005 President Gbagbo tells his followers to talk peace and prepare for war The regime in Abidjan is threatened by northern rebels and allies of the sacked army chief, General Mathias Doué. President Laurent Gbagbo has told ruling party officials and...