AFRICA In Focus:
AIDS, Self-determination, Apartheid, Hunger, Deforestation

In Focus Policy Briefs

HIV/AIDS in Africa: Time to Stop the Killing Fields
Chinua Akukwe and Melvin Foote (May 2001)

AIDS and Developing Countries: Facilitating Access to Essential Medicines
Robert Weissman (March 2001)

Sudan: Recasting U.S. Policy
Dan Connell (November 2000)

War in the Congo
Thomas Turner (April 2000)

The War Between Ethiopia and Eritrea
Patrick Gilkes and Martin Plaut (August 2000)

War in the Congo
Thomas Turner (February 1999)

Morocco and Western Sahara
Stephen Zunes (December 1998)

U.S.-Africa Economic Initiatives
Douglas Tilton (May 1998)

Eritrea
Dan Connell (September 1997)

Sudan
Dan Connell (August 1997)

Zaire/Congo
Carole J.L. Collins (June 1997)

Africa Overview
William Minter (March 1997)

Economic Policy towards Africa
Carol Thompson (January 1997)

South Africa
Jennifer Davis (January 1997)

Somalia
Emira Woods (January 1997)

Burundi
Stephen Weissman (January 1997)

Nigeria
Cece Modupé Fadopé (January 1997)

Peace and Military Policy in Africa
Daniel Volman (January 1997)

Reports & Papers

Alienation and Militancy in the Niger Delta: A Response to CSIS on Petroleum, Politics, and Democracy in Nigeria
Oronto Douglas, Von Kemedi, Ike Okonta, and Michael Watts (July 2003)

Africa Policy Outlook 2003
Salih Booker, William Minter, and Ann-Louise Colgan (March 2003)

Thabo Mbeki's New Partnership for Africa's Development
Breaking or Shining the Chains of Global Apartheid?

Patrick Bond (March 2002)

Africa Policy Outlook 2002:
Africa’s Priorities Ignored Due To Washington’s War on Terrorism

William Minter and Salih Booker, Africa Action (February 2002)

United States and Africa: Starting Points for a New Policy Framework
William Minter

Africa Activism: What Direction Now?
Jim Lobe and Jim Cason

Outside the U.S. Global Affairs Commentary

Liberia: Ending the Horror
Ezekiel Pajibo (July 15, 2003)

Close Call in Kenya
Gamal Nkrumah (December 6, 2002)

Lessons from Mombasa: Al Qaeda's Long-term Strategy
Paul Rogers (December 6, 2002)

A Tall Order
Gamal Nkrumah (July 12, 2002)

Obstacles to Change in Africa: NEPAD, Zimbabwe, and Elites
Ian Taylor (April 19, 2002)

"We are the Democrats": The Crisis in Zimbabwe and the Death of the NEPAD
Ian Taylor (March 18, 2002)

Global Affairs Commentary

Debt, Africa, and Global Economic Governance: Very Little from Evian
Aldo Caliari (June 2, 2003)

New Global AIDS Bill Meets Activist Skepticism
Jim Lobe (May 20, 2003)

Pentagon's "Footprint" Growing in Africa
Jim Lobe (May 12, 2003)

House Passes $15 Billion Global AIDS Measure
Jim Lobe (May 2, 2002)

Africa Activists Denounce Bush's "Malign Neglect"
Jim Lobe (January 29, 2003)

Bush No-Show in Mauritius Reflects Deeper Disdain
William Minter (January 8, 2003)

Congo War: Is the End in Sight?
Tom Turner (August 8, 2002)

People versus Big Oil: Rights of Nigerian Indigenous People Recognized
Jim Lobe (July 5, 2002)

Sudan: Growing Pressure for Harder Line Against Khartoum
Jim Lobe (July 1, 2002)

Zimbabwe's Rip-off Poll
Patrick Bond and Raj Patel (March 15, 2001)

Jonas Savimbi: Washington’s “Freedom Fighter,” Africa’s “Terrorist”
Shana Wills (February 27, 2002)

Somalia At Crossroads of American Foreign Policy
Ken Menkhaus (January 28, 2002)

Somalia as a Military Target
Stephen Zunes (January 11, 2002)

"Warlordism" and the War on Terrorism
Ken Menkhaus (December 26, 2001)

Africa and the World Trade Organization: The Issues in Brief
William Minter (November 7, 2001)

U.S. Policy on the UN Conference Wrong
Stephen Zunes (August 2001)

Palestine in Durban: Sideshow or Main Event?
Kim Fellner (August 2001)

Making a Statement in Durban
Salih Booker (August 2001)

Rethinking Sudan
Dan Connell (August 2001)

HIV/AIDS Global Trust Fund: Need for an Equitable and Efficient Governance Structure
Chinua Akukwe and Melvin Foote (June 2001)

UN Betrayal of Western Sahara Appears Imminent
Stephen Zunes (June 2001)

Walter Kansteiner, Assistant Secretary of State for Africa
Ann-Louise Colgan (April 2001)

The Death of Laurent Kabila
Thomas Turner (March 2001)

Ethiopia-Eritrea Disengagement Proceeds Slowly, Civilians Watch & Wait
Dan Connell (February 2001)

Africa: Off the Agenda?
Salih Booker (January 2001)

The Coming Apathy: Africa Policy Under a Bush Administration
Salih Booker (December 2000)

Zimbabwe: Intersection of Human Rights, Land Reform, and Regional Security
Carol Thompson (November 2000)

Self-Determination Conflict Watch

Angola Conflict Profile
Thomas Turner (February 2002)

Uganda Conflict Profile
John F. Clark (January 2002)

Democratic Republic of Congo Conflict Profile
Thomas Turner (January 2002)

The Republic of Congo (Congo-Brazzaville) Conflict Profile
Thomas Turner (December 2001)

Sudan Conflict Profile
Jim Lobe (October 2001)

Kabyle Berbers of Algeria Self-Determination Conflict Profile
Abderrahim Foukara (October 2001)

U.S.-Sudan Terrorism Ties Spell Disaster for Anti-Khartoum Activists
Jim Lobe (September 25, 2001)

Overview of Self-Determination Issues in Africa
Thomas Turner (September 2001)

Crisis Watch Profile: Western Sahara
Stephen Zunes (July 2001)

Crisis Watch Profile: Tanzania
Jim Lobe (May 2001)