Articles from New African (June 1, 2004)

Title	Author	Type	Words
A Guest is a stranger after all.	Boateng, Osei	Book Review	3221
Africa/UK: Africa commission takes off; Tony Blair, the British prime minister, has now decided to give teeth to his many speeches about Africa by setting up a Commission for Africa to take a fresh look at the challenges facing the continent. The aim is to generate increased global support for Africa, especially on the G8 and in the EU, both of which Britain chairs next year. Tom Mbakwe reports.	Mbakwe, Tom		1346
Arsenal plenty, the rest nil.	Goodwin, Clayton		1448
Blair versus Mbeki? NEPAD, the African Union initiative, is President Thabo Mbeki's three-year-old baby, and the Blair Commission for Africa is nothing but a gauntlet thrown at its struggling, young feet. Discuss.	Orakwue, Stella		1638
Cameroon: one candidate for opposition; To beat President Paul Biya in the coming elections planned for October, Cameroon's opposition parties are taking a cue from Kenya by forming a coalition and fielding one presidential candidate. It promises to be a battle royal. Tansa Musa reports from Yaounde.	Musa, Tansa		721
Condi as you never knew her.	Gilbert, Alan		3077
Ethnic cleansing in Darfur?	Kasozi, Achilles Kiwanuka	Letter to the Editor	183
Figure it out.			1837
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Ghana Castle of no return: over 500 years old, the Elmina Castle in Ghana, the largest slave-holding fort during TransAtlantic Slavery, has become a major tourist attraction in spite of its tragic history. Josephine Akarue has just been there.	Akarue, Josephine		2338
I have a dream.	Sumareh, Foday	Letter to the Editor	198
Immigrants: the real story.	Jere-Malanda, Regina	Cover Story	3559
Kenya: the mweri tree scandal; Dr Newton Kulundu, Kenya's environment minister, is not happy that the cash benefit from the medicinal properties of the Prunus Africana tree, has been monopolised by individuals. And he wants it stopped. Wanjohi Kabukuru reports from Nairobi.	Kabukuru, Wanjohi		1442
Kumasi is still The Garden City: when the current crop of Kumasi (and indeed Asante) adults die off, will Asante culture be able to survive? Only a rash prophet would quickly answer this question.	Duodu, Cameron		1581
Nigeria: why oh why?	Jason, Pini		840
No civilisation has developed with a foreign language.	Agyeman-Duah, Ivor	Interview	2595
NPP has failed Ghana Airways.	Akomfrah, Nii Armah	Letter to the Editor	411
Poor Netherlands.	Kampen, Leo	Letter to the Editor	345
Rwanda: never again?	Philpot, Robin	Letter to the Editor	377
Slovakia: the lawyer of hearts.	Whiting, Alex	Interview	1624
South Africa: 'Too late for Mama'; Brenda Fassie, the indomitable diva of South Africa pop, finally gave up the fight on 9 May, but not before bringing everybody who was anybody in South Africa to her bedside. Pusch Commey reports.	Commey, Pusch	Obituary	797
South Africa: hideous atrocities on farms.	Hammond, Peter	Letter to the Editor	276
South Africa: why Buthelezi fell from grace; It had long been coming. And when it finally came, the message was terse. "Thank you for your contribution to the work of our government over the past 10 years, and wish you the best in your future endeavours". With these marching orders, President Mbeki sent Chief Buthelezi packing. Pusch Commey reports on why the chief fell from grace.	Commey, Pusch		1151
The new rulers of long distance.	Goodwin, Clayton		2019
Training Course on peacebuilding and good governance for African civilian personnel.			502
Uganda: can government ever defeat the LRA?	Muwendo, John		1527
Uganda: government must act responsibly too.	Oder, Judy	Letter to the Editor	379
West Africa: don't let history repeat itself.	de Figueiredo, Antonio		1480
Wrong about Sudan.	Badawi, Assir M.	Letter to the Editor	469