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Cover stories
Ghana: A new order cometh

The Jerry Rawlings era has truly ended; in its place is a new order in the shape of the ?Gentle Giant?, the tall John Agyekum Kufuor, who says the private sector and wealth creation are the centrepiece of his economic programme. ?We are going to be the most business-friendly government the nation has had to date,? he has promised. Mike Afrani and Cameroon Duodu have it all covered and Osei Boateng finishes it off with Part One of Rawlings, The Untold Story.


Uganda: The making of Idi Amin

Thirty years ago, Idi Amin rose to power in Uganda; but did he act alone? British government documents, recently declassified under the 30-year rule, confirm that Amin’s rise to power was engineered by outside interests to stop President Obote’s nationalisation drive. Pat Hutton and Jonathan Block report.
 
Around Africa
  • Zimbabwe: Mugabe still defiant on land
  • Kenya: Mum is the word
  • Liberia: 'We are no scapegoats'
  • Gambia: Sharia at last?
  • Cote d’Ivoire: ?We won’t sell our soul’
  • Nigeria: Abalaka fights on
  • Ethiopia: At last, the obelisk is coming home
  • Congo: Kabila assassinated
  • Tanzania: HIPC brings no joy
  • Africa/Japan: The romance blossoms
  • Africa/Sweden: Bleak year ahead for refugees
  • Africa/Sweden: Nowhere cool

Regulars
  • Readers' Letters: Your news and views

OPINION:

  • From monkey to man?
  • Black people’s way forward

BOOKS:

  • Media: The news controllers are here!
  • Sierra Leone: The fighter from death row
  • Tayo, through the years
 
 
 


 

FEATURES:

  • A ?muzungu’ in Rwanda investigation

ARTS AND CULTURE:

  • Kenya: The gospel according to Mwitiki
  • Benin: Rendering visible
  • Africa night in Prague