FEBRUARY 1998
Feature stories
- Africa's growth positive in 1997 for fourth year
in a row
- Africa braces for El Niño's impact
- Malnutrition: the 'silent emergency'
- Mixed progress against AIDS epidemic
- LDCs still face trade barriers
- Landmines inflict heavy cost on Africa
- Donors start aiding the new Congo
- Forging peace in Central Africa
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OCTOBER 1997
Feature stories
- Security Council focuses spotlight on African
conflicts
- Sharp fall in resource flows to Africa
- Special report: Agriculture in Africa
- Africa strives to revitalize agriculture
- Women farmers, the 'invisible' producers
- Southern Africa shifts food strategies
- Special Initiation: Improving Africa's water supply
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JULY 1997
Feature stories
- UN reform plan will provide new impetus to development
- Summit of G-7 and Russia: Industrialized countries
spotlight Africa
- OAU summit: Annan asserts primacy of human rights
- ECA report: Africa records stronger growth
- Special Initiative: Good governance key to Africa's progress
- Taking action on corruption
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APRIL 1997
Feature stories
- Secretary-General, in Africa, stresses link between
peace and development
- Debt relief prospects worry African ministers
- Zaire war widens regional emergency
- Debt relief delay for poorest countries
- The UN Special Initiative on Africa -- one year
later
- Lomé Convention under tough scrutiny
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DECEMBER 1996
Feature stories
- Kofi Annan elected new UN Secretary-General
- Africa greets new debt relief with praise and
caution
- Safeguarding the rights of working children
- Africa pursues goal of food security
- ECA conference: Africa ready to boost private
investment
- Micro-credit: a weapon against poverty
- The impact of armed conflict on children: interview
with Graça Machel
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