Vol. 12 No. 1 -- August 1998

Cover stories

• Kofi Annan intensifies UN involvement in African crises
  • Annan in Africa says justice necessary to heal wounds
• Security Council urges action for peace
  • The Secretary-General's key recommendations
  • Report explores conflict's causes, remedies
  • Map: United Nations peace missions in Africa
• Pressure grows for faster debt reduction
  • Group of 8 again pledges to help Africa
  • Jubilee 2000 debt relief campaign targets G-8 leaders

Also in this Issue

• TICAD II: Action on African priorities in Tokyo
• OAU sets inquiry into Rwanda genocide
• Africa backs UN anti-drug fight
  • Merchants of death target Africa
    • Senegal fights back
    • Zambia emerges as a gateway
    • Corruption and drugs in Kenya
• Clinton tour shows Africa's 'new face'
  • Africa reacts to US trade bill
  • The US-Africa bill: a new chapter?
• African bank secures more funds
• Small arms foster social turmoil
  • Guinea-Bissau arms smuggling crackdown sparks military revolt
  • UN commission urges stricter firearms contols
  • Donors back Liberia's reconstruction
  • Aiding child victims in Sierra Leone
  • Governance reforms gather pace
  • Business moves more freely in COMESA
  • Bridging the telecommunications gap

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