Mauritania

  • Jun 9, 2003
  • 1 min read

MAURITANIA: Coup attempt

President Ould Taya appears to have survived a coup attempt that began early yesterday when...

Mauritania
  • May 21, 2003
  • 7 min read

US/AFRICA: New focus on African 'security'

State Department appropriations requests for fiscal 2004 indicate that the United States will...

United States
  • Feb 4, 2003
  • 6 min read

INTERNATIONAL: HIPC revisions will spark controversy

The World Bank on January 29 completed a major review of the 'Highly-Indebted Poor Country' debt...

International
  • Aug 23, 2002
  • 6 min read

SENEGAL: Casamance compromise will boost Wade

New peace talks between most of the parties to the two-decades-old Casamance conflict in...

Senegal
  • Apr 11, 2002
  • 6 min read

AFRICA: Oil outlook brightens amid Middle East woes

Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea on April 3 resolved a maritime border dispute and agreed to share...

Africa
  • Dec 10, 2001
  • 6 min read

WEST AFRICA: Integration progress defies sceptics

Successful implementation of the project would be a major economic and diplomatic boost to the...

West Africa
  • Dec 10, 2001
  • 1 min read

WEST AFRICA: Power integration progress defies scepti

Successful implementation of the plans for full interconnection of electricity networks would...

West Africa
  • Nov 27, 2001
  • 9 min read

AFRICA: Neglect stalks continent

Prior to the attacks, sub-Saharan Africa (save for the region's oil-exporting countries) was...

Africa