West Africa

  • Dec 30, 2003
  • 7 min read

PROSPECTS 2004: Fragile peace in West Africa

The end of the Taylor regime in Liberia has been widely greeted as the beginning of a process of...

West Africa
  • Dec 5, 2003
  • 7 min read

WEST AFRICA: Ivory Coast instability threatens cocoa

Cocoa futures surged this week following violent clashes in the Ivory Coast. West African...

West Africa
  • Dec 2, 2003
  • 1 min read

IVORY COAST: Mbeki warns of deteriorating security

South African President Thabo Mbeki yesterday expressed his concern over the deteriorating...

Ivory Coast
  • Sep 30, 2003
  • 1 min read

LIBERIA: US withdrawal

The United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) is due to begin deployment tomorrow, but may take...

Liberia
  • Sep 23, 2003
  • 7 min read

GUINEA-BISSAU: End of Yala could mean new beginning

President Kumba Yala relinquished office on September 17. This month's military coup that...

  • Sep 23, 2003
  • 1 min read

GUINEA-BISSAU: Post-coup optimism

The military coup that overthrew President Kumba Yala earlier this month will only yield positive...

  • Sep 22, 2003
  • 1 min read

LIBERIA: UN peacekeeping force

Defence chiefs of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have urged the ECOWAS...

Liberia
  • Sep 17, 2003
  • 1 min read

GUINEA-BISSAU: Post-coup meetings

Following a meeting with West African foreign envoys, a spokesman for General Verissimo Correia...

Guinea-Bissau