The oil and agriculture ministers face difficulties rolling out new policies, but the bankers and businessmen are parlaying their success into new ventures.
In Depth
Nigeria's bankers, builders and demolishers
- Tolu Ogunlesi in Lagos
Empowerment of women: Implementation is crucial - Bachelet
- Elissa Jobson in Addis Ababa
Women and children are frontline victims during conflicts, argues Michelle Bachelet, Executive director of UN Women, and former President of Chile.
Five tasks for African Armies
From peacekeeping, conflict prevention and resolution to engaging and driving rebel elements out of town, as has been witnessed in Somalia, regional leaders are showing a robust determination to bring insecurity across the continent under control.
Hannibal: The joys and perils of the conference circuit
- The Africa Report
Hannibal is weary even before Africa conference season begins.
Censorship Shows Seamy Side of America
When legendary American abolitionist Frederick Douglass delivered his historic, poignant "Plea For Free Speech" in December 1860 that activist never envisioned that over a century later prominent blacks would suppress that precious First Amendment right as perniciously as the pro-slavery racists of his era.
African Angles - North Korea's Cold War hang-up
- Billie Adwoa McTernan
Like Africa, the Korean peninsula was divided between communism and the West. Now Chinese economic backing is the new trump card.
