Vol 42 No 2 | GUINEA The war moves north 26th January 2001 Burkina and Liberia's warlords take aim at President Conté's rickety regime As the war slows down in Sierra Leone, it is heating up in Guinea. In essence, it's the same war. The Liberian and Burkinabè sponsors of the Revolutionary...
Vol 42 No 2 | GHANA Brief honeymoon 26th January 2001 President Kufuor's new team will have to take some tough decisions on the economy The rest of the world congratulated Ghanaians for two well-run rounds of voting and a credible transition from one elected government to another. The New Patriotic Party's victory...
Vol 42 No 1 | NIGERIASÃO TOMÉ & PRÍNCIPE Big brother 12th January 2001 Negotiators from giant Nigeria and tiny São Tomé e Príncipe hope to conclude a landmark agreement to settle a border dispute at talks due to begin in São...
Vol 42 No 1 | GHANA Jobs for Jak 12th January 2001 After his chaotic inauguration ceremony on 7 January, new President John Agyekum Kufuor has earned the local sobriquet of 'Jak'. With a transition period of just eight days...
Vol 41 No 25 | CÔTE D'IVOIRE Gbagbo rides the tiger 22nd December 2000 Gbagbo could still pull his country back from the brink but shows little sign of wanting to The stunning victory of President Laurent Koudou Gbagbo's Front Populaire Ivoirien in the parliamentary elections on 10 December settles nothing. In many respects, it makes matters worse. Even...
Vol 41 No 25 | GHANA View of the Volta 22nd December 2000 A victorious opposition should remember Ghana's poorest people voted against it Opposition politicians brim with confidence after the 7 December elections gave the New Patriotic Party 99 seats in the 200-seat parliament against 92 for the incumbent National Democratic...
Vol 41 No 25 | GAMBIA Under-confident 22nd December 2000 Are relations improving between Gambia and the Commonwealth? In 1995, the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG) was set up to look at members' attitudes to democracy.
Vol 41 No 24 | SIERRA LEONE Bringing back the British 8th December 2000 Critically dependent on UN and British military support, President Kabbah's government is facing growing civilian opposition Desperation and nostalgia help explain why more than 5,000 Sierra Leoneans crowded in to the National Stadium in Freetown on 23 November to show their support for British...
Vol 41 No 24 | GUINEA BISSAU Death of a veteran 8th December 2000 It seems that troops loyal to President Kumba Yala killed self-proclaimed Chief of Staff General Ansumane Mane in an ambush about 30 kilometres from the capital, Bissau, on...
Vol 41 No 23 | GHANA A bandwagon for change 24th November 2000 As President Rawlings prepares to bow out, the opposition parties have their best chance of winning power in a decade One of Ghana's experienced political observers recently confided to a friend in Accra: 'For the first time in this country, I have no idea what is going to...
