Showing posts with label Commodities. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Commodities. Show all posts

Niger: After Gaddafi, where now?

Democratising Libya to the north, rapid development south in Nigeria, and political uncertainty west in Mali, what course for poor, landlocked Niger?

Ivory Coast: Can Koulibaly's party win in 2011?

President Ouattara has promised parliamentary elections in Côte d'Ivoire before the end of the year. Who will champion the south?

Guinea: sliding downhill fast

Why, six months after 73-year old Alpha Condé's inauguration as President, is Guinea-Conakry helter-skeltering into violence?

Election Special: Liberia

As presidential and parliamentary elections are held on October 11, can Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and her UP hang on?

Bangladesh: jute boom

After years of decline, the 'golden fibre' is resurgent. How will this effect Asia's 4th poorest economy?

Election Special: Zambia

Zambians get a chance to vote in presidential and parliamentary elections on September 20.  Can Rupiah Banda and his MMD party cling on?