Africa Yearbook Volume 4 : Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara in 2007

Contents......Page 6 i. Preface......Page 8 ii. List of Abbreviations......Page 10 iii. Factual Overview......Page 14 I. Sub-Saharan Africa (Andreas Mehler, Henning Melber & Klaas van Walraven)......Page 18 II. United Nations and Sub-Saharan Africa (Linnea Bergholm)......Page 32 III. African-European Relations (Sven Grimm)......Page 44 IV. West Africa (Klaas van Walraven)......Page 56 Benin (Laurens Nijzink)......Page 70 Burkina Faso (Alexander Stroh)......Page 78 Cape Verde (Gerhard Seibert)......Page 88 Côte d'Ivoire (Bruno Losch)......Page 94 Gambia (Abdoulaye Saine)......Page 104 Ghana (Paul Nugent)......Page 110 Guinea (Mike McGovern)......Page 120 Guinea-Bissau (Christoph Kohl)......Page 128 Liberia (Stephen Ellis)......Page 134 Mali (Martin van Vliet)......Page 142 Mauritania (Claes Olsson & Helena Olsson)......Page 150 Niger (Klaas van Walraven)......Page 158 Nigeria (Heinrich Bergstresser)......Page 168 Senegal (Gerti Hesseling)......Page 184 Sierra Leone (Krijn Peters)......Page 194 Togo (Dirk Kohnert)......Page 204 V. Central Africa (Andreas Mehler)......Page 212 Cameroon (Piet Konings)......Page 222 Central African Republic (Andreas Mehler)......Page 232 Chad (Mirjam de Bruijn & Han van Dijk)......Page 240 Congo (Rémy Bazenguissa-Ganga)......Page 248 Democratic Republic of Congo (Denis M. Tull)......Page 256 Equatorial Guinea (Cord Jakobeit)......Page 272 Gabon (Douglas Yates)......Page 278 Sao Tomé and Príncipe (Gerhard Seibert)......Page 286 VI. Eastern Africa (Rolf Hofmeier)......Page 292 Burundi (Friederike Fuhlrott & Rolf Hofmeier)......Page 306 Comoros (Rolf Hofmeier)......Page 316 Djibouti (Rolf Hofmeier)......Page 322 Eritrea (Nicole Hirt)......Page 330 Ethiopia (Jon Abbink)......Page 340 Kenya (Marcel Rutten)......Page 352 Rwanda (Jonas Ewald)......Page 364 Seychelles (Rolf Hofmeier)......Page 376 Somalia (Jon Abbink)......Page 382 Sudan (Anders Bjørkelo)......Page 392 Tanzania (Kurt Hirschler & Rolf Hofmeier)......Page 404 Uganda (Volker Weyel)......Page 418 VII. Southern Africa (Henning Melber)......Page 428 Angola (Steve Kibble)......Page 438 Botswana (Matthias Basedau & Christian von Soest)......Page 450 Lesotho (Roger Southall)......Page 456 Madagascar (Richard R. Marcus)......Page 462 Malawi (Lewis B. Dzimbiri)......Page 470 Mauritius (Klaus-Peter Treydte)......Page 478 Mozambique (Joseph Hanlon)......Page 486 Namibia (Henning Melber)......Page 494 South Africa (Ineke van Kessel)......Page 504 Swaziland (John Daniel & Marisha Ramdeen)......Page 520 Zambia (Gero Erdmann)......Page 526 Zimbabwe (Amin Y. Kamete)......Page 536 List of Authors......Page 548 "The Africa Yearbook" covers major domestic political developments, the foreign policy and socio-economic trends in sub-Sahara Africa - all related to developments in one calendar year. The Yearbook contains articles on all sub-Saharan states, each of the four sub-regions (West, Central, Eastern, Southern Africa) focusing on major cross-border developments and sub-regional organizations as well as one article on continental developments and one on European-African relations. While the articles have thorough academic quality, the Yearbook is mainly oriented to the requirements of a large range of target groups: students, politicians, diplomats, administrators, journalists, teachers, practitioners in the field of development aid as well as business people. Covers major domestic political developments, the foreign policy and socio-economic trends in sub-Sahara Africa - all related to developments in one calendar year. This book contains articles on all sub-Saharan states, each of the four sub-regions (West, Central, Eastern, Southern Africa)