Articles from New African (June 1, 2005)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
"Africa is a very attractive destination for investment": "we know that multinationals in Africa are making returns on investment unparalleled in any part of the world, maybe equalled only in China and India; so Africa is a very attractive destination for investment," says Haiko Alfeld, (above), director for Africa at the World Economic Forum, in this interview with New African's Stuart Price.	Price, Stuart	Interview	1179
"It was the bullet that brought the ballot".	Ankomah, Baffour		3176
"Maybe I came out of the Guinness Book of Records": Zimbabwe's first woman vice president, Joice Teurai Ropa Mujuru, talks to New African and says if her people and party decide that she is the right candidate to carry the torch after President Mugabe, she will gladly accept the challenge.	Ankomah, Baffour	Interview	3461
"Mugabe is not the problem".	Ankomah, Baffour	Interview	3107
"What we have done here is like the rabbit chasing the dog".	Ankomah, Baffour	Interview	7881
ADB: the battle for president.			386
Adopting for a brighter future: it is a fact that the highest proportion of children in care in the UK today are from black and mixed parentage families. Promoting fostering and adoption within the African Diaspora communities, the Thank U organisation helps black children in need of a loving family home. Stuart Price reports.	Price, Stuart		1569
Africa Economic Summit 2005: Africa opens for business; This year's Africa Economic Summit is held in Cape Town, South Africa, from 1-3 June. Organised by the World Economic Forum, it comes at a time when Africa finds itself perfectly poised to attract business and investors from around the world. Stuart Price reports.	Price, Stuart		1104
Africa must take responsibility too.	Rasmussen, Scott	Letter to the Editor	258
African Economic Summit, Cape Town 1-3 June 2005.		Illustration	713
Are you educated?		Letter to the Editor	349
Betrayed by lemons: the reason why I was a bit cleverer than most of my classmates when I started my schooling was that I had already obtained a smattering of "education" thanks to an elder half-brother of mine, Kwasi Kwakye. He was already in Standard Three when I enrolled in Class One.	Duodu, Cameron		1491
Capitulation is not an option.	Ankomah, Baffour	Interview	3274
Communication changing lives: the communication and information technology revolution has reached far and wide, and as Bamuturaki Musinguzi finds out, it is now touching rural Uganda.	Musinguzi, Bamuturaki		1151
Did Britain divide Sudan? Not so, according to Jacob Akol, who argues that the country was never united, even before the British arrived; they simply exploited already existing divisions.	Akol, Jacob		912
Ecowas has lived up to expectations, says Chambas.	Asante, Ben	Interview	1637
Ghana: if you can't get the father, get the son; John Addo Kufour, the eldest son of President John Agyekum Kufuor is in the news for the wrong reason. He thinks some people are playing dirty politics by trying to get at his father through attacking him, the son. Douglas Akwasi Owusu reports from Accra.	Owusu, Douglas Akwasi		720
God save Harold Smith.	Doh, Stanley	Letter to the Editor	275
Grappling with the maize question: Nicholas Goche, Zimbabwe's new minister of public service, labour and social welfare, has perhaps one of the most difficult portfolios. He talked to New African on how he is grappling with the maize and other questions.	Ankomah, Baffour		808
Happy birthday, Mozambique: 25 June will mark 30 years since Mozambique became an independent nation. It is hoped that the recently-elected President Armando Guebuza will be able to continue the notable economic recovery that obtained at the turn of the century.	de Figueiredo, Antonio		1463
Has the pan-African hour come?	Osha, Sany	Book Review	1084
Kenya: the growing land issue; After two-and-a-half years in power, Kenya's government is still to tackle the country's smouldering land issue that remains in much need of redress. Fred Oluoch reports.	Oluoch, Fred		748
Land reform is irreversible.	Ankomah, Baffour	Interview	2696
Mugabe: we won't go back to the Commonwealth.	Ankomah, Baffour	Interview	5481
Nigeria: the battle for 2007; The battle for Nigeria's presidential seat in 2007 has begun in earnest and early indications are that it is going to be dirty. Pini Jason reports.	Jason, Pini		1161
Not exactly Adam Smith.	Manda, Gilbert	Book Review	1290
Senegal: remembering Anta Diop the great.	Baldeh, Ebrima		1336
Sierra Leone: kicking the kickbacks.	Bull, Genstacia	Book Review	534
South Africa.		Brief Article	213
South Africa: inside the PAC.	Sesanti, Simphiwe	Book Review	647
Sudan: everything is in the hands of the people; As a veteran politician and leading voice in the Southern Sudanese opposition, Dr Bona Malwal shares with Rocco Blume his thoughts on the recently concluded peace agreement and his concerns for Sudan's future.	Blume, Rocco		1139
Tempered like steel: the Economic Community of West African States celebrated its 30th anniversary in May, 2005. One of the oldest sub-regional organisations, it has survived a turbulent period and come out stronger at the end. Anver Versi profiles the organisation in this special tribute feature.	Versi, Anver		850
The poor and democracy.	Murima, Hillary	Letter to the Editor	209
The way forward.	Ankomah, Baffour		2310
The way of the Borana: on the beautiful yet unforgiving arid plains of southern Ethiopia lives a people whose ingenuity, strength and customs have stood the test of time for centuries. Kate Eshelby visited the lands the Borana call home and experienced firsthand their resourceful and traditional ways of life.	Eshelby, Kate		1534
Tony Blair to save Africa?	Bitschin, E.M.	Letter to the Editor	186
Transparency on corruption.	Mkangi, Bobi Munga	Letter to the Editor	264
Unite, not fight on Zimbabwe.	Peltzer, Andreas	Letter to the Editor	197
Wanted: spies for CIA; "Mr Director, when you joined the CIA in 1962, it recruited actively and effectively on college campuses ... If you're able to reconnect with the country's top universities and their students, the rewards will be great down the line.".	Orakwue, Stella		1633
Who represents Africa on the UN Security Council? In July, the African Union will decide who gets Africa's two slots at the expanded UN Security Council. Already, the usual suspects--America and Europe--looking after their own interests, are lobbying to get their favourite candidates into the slots, which may not necessarily be in Africa's interest. Akyaaba Addai-Sebo reports.	Addai-Sebo, Akyaaba		941
WTO: a game of serious arm-twisting.	Kwa, Aileen		1870
WTO: not a pretty place to do business.	Bello, Walden; Kwa, Aileen		2508
Zimbabwe honours African heroes.	Ankomah, Baffour		1195