Towards the new frontier: the hopes, the prize and the risks
Mo Ibrahim, Co-Chair of the World Economic Forum on Africa 2013, looks at Africa's exciting future
Our vision for a new and thriving Africa at peace
Dr Dlamini-Zuma speaks in Global about the 50th anniversaries of the AU and the OAU
"The promise is real; the task is to follow our own recipe, and deliver"
Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank, explains why Africa needs strong, transparent states
"The problems of integrating an economically viable and environmentally sustainable future are not Africa
From the team behind David Attenborough's stunning TV series, a grim warning of the threat to some of the world's most iconic wildlife habitats
Head to head: CHOGM 2013 in Sri Lanka
Sir Ronald Sanders, member of the Eminent Persons Group, and Neville de Silva, Sri Lanka's Deputy High Commissioner in London, debate Sri Lanka, the 2013 CHOGM and whether the country should be on the CMAG's agenda
FEATURES

Mo Ibrahim: one of Africa’s great visionaries
MO IBRAHIM
Over the last decade, Afro-pessimism has been replaced by a new narrative focusing on the...

Afronomics: Africans hit the high street
ANVER VERSI
Virtually all the major African cities today look like frenzied construction sites as glittering new...

Global Insight: Africa’s Big 50
ANVER VERSI
Heads of State Ali Bongo Ondima, President, Gabon Born: 9 February 1959 Ali Bongo Ondima...
INTERVIEWS

“I am very confident there will be a massive new wave of investment activity”
ATEDO PETERSIDE
Global: With the anticipated finalisation of the sale of power generation and distribution companies to...

“The effectiveness of the Commonwealth’s role is dependent on the political will of its members”
DR KAMAL HOSSAIN
Dr Kamal Hossain is an eminent Bangladeshi jurist, statesman and politician. He was arrested by...
“Life for the ordinary Zimbabwean is appreciably better now”
MORGAN TSVANGIRAI
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s MDC party took power as part of a coalition with Zanu...
AROUND THE WORLD

Nigeria: hurrying to an uncertain destiny
ANTONY GOLDMAN
Beset by security problems and governance issues, Nigeria continues to confound its critics, with an...

South Africa: enter the stormy petrel
ANVER VERSI
As the ANC freezes out its rebels, could a heroine from the past provide a...

Rwanda: Kagame keeps them guessing
IRENE MALEMA
Halfway through his final constitutional term in office, Paul Kagame has suddenly prompted a public...
REGULARS

From the Commonwealth Secretary-General
HE KAMALESH SHARMA
Commonwealth Day 2013 saw the signing and release of the Commonwealth Charter by the Head...

Vital Statistics: Strength in numbers
The International Monetary Fund estimates that Africa’s economy will grow by around 5.4 percent in...

Election Watch: key polls around the world
Israel Likud-Beiteinu, Binyamin Netanyahu’s party, continued to hold the most seats in Israel’s January elections,...








