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...
The Africa Yearbook is a reliable source of reference covering major domestic political developments, the foreign policy and socio-economic trends of all sub-Saharan states – all related to developments in one calendar year.
Preface viiList of Abbreviations ixFactual Overview xiiiSub-Saharan Africa Andreas Mehler Henning Melber Klaas van Walraven 1African-European Relations Sven Grimm 17West Africa Klaas van Walraven 29Benin Cedric Mayrargue 43Burkina Faso Sabine Luning 51Cape Verde Gerhard Seibert 59Cote d'Ivoire Bruno Losch 65Gambia Abdoulaye Saine 75Ghana Paul Nugent 81Guinea Mike McGovern 91Guinea-Bissau Nuno Vaz 99Liberia Stephen Ellis 105Mali Walter van Beek Moussa Fofana 113Mauritania Nicolien Zuijdgeest 121Niger Klaas van Walraven 127Nigeria Heinrich Bergstresser 135Senegal Gerti Hesseling 151Sierra Leone Krijn Peters 161Togo Dirk Kohnert 169Central Africa Andreas Mehler 177Cameroon Piet Konings 187Central African Republic Andreas Mehler 197Chad Mirjam de Bruijn Han van Dijk 203Congo Remy Bazenguissa-Ganga 211DR Congo Denis Tull 217Equatorial Guinea Cord Jakobeit 233Gabon Douglas Yates 239Sao Tome and Principe Gerhard Seibert 245Eastern Africa Rolf Hofmeier 251Burundi Eva Palmans An Ansoms 265Comoros Rolf Hofmeier 275Djibouti Roland Marchal 281Eritrea Nicole Hirt 287Ethiopia Jon Abbink 297Kenya Marcel Rutten 309Rwanda Jonas Ewald 321Seychelles Rolf Hofmeier 331Somalia Roland Marchal 337Sudan Albrecht Hofheinz 345Tanzania Kurt Hirschler Rolf Hofmeier 361Uganda Susan Steiner 375Southern Africa Henning Melber 385Angola Steve Kibble 397Botswana Matthias Basedau 409Lesotho Roger Southall 417Madagascar Richard Marcus 423Malawi Roger Tangri Lewis B. Dzimbiri 431Mauritius Klaus-Peter Treydte Uwe Optenhogel 439Mozambique Joseph Hanlon 445Namibia Henning Melber 455South Africa Ineke van Kessel 463Swaziland John Daniel Marisha Ramdeen 481Zambia Gero Erdmann 487Zimbabwe Amin Kamete 497List of Authors 509