Vol 44 No 8 | IRAQAFRICA Odious debt 18th April 2003 Forthcoming negotiations on cancelling much of Iraq's US$120-130 billion debt will have repercussions for Africa's most indebted states. Defenders of the status quo on poor country debt will...
Vol 44 No 6 | IRAQAFRICA Catching the flak 21st March 2003 Africa opposes a war in Iraq which will worsen the region's economic and security problems The United States-led war against Iraq is as unpopular in Africa as it is in Europe, the Middle East and the rest of Asia. African governments, none of...
Vol 44 No 6 | IRAQAFRICA The new American way 21st March 2003 Africa's hopes of fairer trade, debt relief and more help to tackle the AIDS pandemic are being thwarted by deepening divisions between rich countries over the Iraq war....
Vol 44 No 6 | IRAQAFRICA Oil empires 21st March 2003 Some US hawks see African oil as a strategic alternative to Gulf oil. The reality is less dramatic Africa will be a net loser from the war in Iraq. Even if the war ends quickly, the effects of higher oil prices and the redirection of trade,...
Vol 44 No 5 | SUDANIRAQ Bum steer 7th March 2003 The National Islamic Front government aims to persuade the West it holds the smoking gun on Iraq, we hear. To attack President Saddam Hussein, the United States and...