Vol 5 (AAC) No 1 | INDIAWEST AFRICABRIEFING Indian mining houses struggle for contracts 10th November 2011 India-linked mining companies have had less luck than their Chinese counterparts in breaking into the West African market, arriving later on the scene than Chinese companies. However, a...
Vol 52 No 21 | WEST AFRICAPIRACY From Delta militias to piracy 21st October 2011 The amnesty deal in the Niger Delta seems to have driven the gangsters offshore in pursuit of seaborne business opportunities Governments and oil companies were sufficiently alarmed by the spate of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea to call for help from the United Nations Security Council (AC...
Vol 52 No 8 | CÔTE D'IVOIREWEST AFRICA A resolution in Abidjan 15th April 2011 The military ousting of Gbagbo will have repercussions across Africa The armed eviction of Laurent Gbagbo from the Ivorian presidency by a coalition of opposition, United Nations and French forces together with the organisation of national elections in...