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Liberia is ‘fastest-improving African nation’
The island of Mauritius is the best-run country in Africa, Somalia the worst, and Liberia the fastest-improving, according to a comprehensive index of governance standards in the region
London police probe UN-Congo charity deal
Law enforcers are investigating whether two key contractors resorted to bribery in a landmark UN project to supply life-saving drugs to one of the world’s poorest countries
France’s elite in ‘Angolagate’ trial
The 13 members of the French political establishment will go on trial for allegedly facilitating $790m of arms sales to Angola between 1993-98 in spite of an arms embargo
Angola launches $6bn agriculture expansion
The ambitious plan to exploit the country’s fertile soils and high global food prices is subject to many obstacles such as red tape, corruption fears and land rights claims
Zimbabwe bans bank transfers
Central bank suspends electronic transfers on grounds that they were ‘being used for illicit foreign exchange deals’ and to charge excessive prices for goods and services
Impala to create a ‘platinum champion’
World’s second biggest platinum producer forges ahead with plans for a conditional $2.6bn offer for two companies that own some of the S Africa’s richest veins of the metal
S Africa minister makes Aids top priority
South Africa’s new health minister Barbara Hogan has vowed to make Aids a top priority, after years of controversy over her predecessor’s unconventional support for treatments like beetroot and garlic
Somalia permits foreign attack on pirates
The interim government says it will allow the Russian and US navies to use force against the hijackers of a Ukrainian ship laden with 33 tanks and other military hardware
Nigeria recovers $3bn in unspent funds
Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua said his administration had recovered $3.4bn in unspent capital from ministries and government departments as part of its drive to stamp out corruption
Raw tribal scars of Kenya’s poll violence
The Kalenjin and Kikuyu tribes are no longer fighting but remain divided due to age-old grievances and long-standing prejudices that have been supplemented by new injustices
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