Vol 49 No 6 | WEST AFRICA Cocaine coast 14th March 2008 Ghana, Guinea-Bissau and Mauritania were singled out as key locations for drugs transhipments by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime's (UNODC) report for 2008. Diplomatic sources...
Vol 49 No 1 | WEST AFRICA Kingmakers and charlatans 11th January 2008 Nigeria’s presidential contenders head for the courts while Ghana’s political veterans head for the hustings A difficult year lies ahead for Nigerians as the political class manoeuvres for advantage in the aftermath of the chaotically rigged elections of April 2007. Legal chicanery, political...
Vol 49 No 1 | WEST AFRICA From war to peace 11th January 2008 Hopes are high that two of West Africa’s most war-devastated states – Liberia and Sierra Leone – will both see substantial turnarounds in 2008. Both governments have in...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 5 | JAPANWEST AFRICA From Tokyo to Bamako 6th November 2008 Japan is increasing its visibility in Mali and the rest of Africa in preparation for the TICAD IV and G8 summits Malian President Amadou Toumani Touré (ATT) finally has something to show for his consistent performance as one of Japan's biggest proponents in Africa with the opening of the...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 5 | JAPANWEST AFRICA West Africa looks east 6th November 2008 Mali is not the only Francophone West African country courted by Japan. President Abdoulaye Wade of Senegal was invited, along with the Presidents of Algeria, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa and Tanzania to...