West Africa
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 AfricaWEST AFRICA: Ivory Coast instability threatens cocoa
Cocoa futures surged this week following violent clashes in the Ivory Coast. West African...
West AfricaIVORY COAST: Mbeki warns of deteriorating security
South African President Thabo Mbeki yesterday expressed his concern over the deteriorating...
Ivory CoastLIBERIA: US withdrawal
The United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) is due to begin deployment tomorrow, but may take...
LiberiaGUINEA-BISSAU: End of Yala could mean new beginning
President Kumba Yala relinquished office on September 17. This month's military coup that...
GUINEA-BISSAU: Post-coup optimism
The military coup that overthrew President Kumba Yala earlier this month will only yield positive...
LIBERIA: UN peacekeeping force
Defence chiefs of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have urged the ECOWAS...
LiberiaGUINEA-BISSAU: Post-coup meetings
Following a meeting with West African foreign envoys, a spokesman for General Verissimo Correia...
Guinea-Bissau