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Contents
February 2008
14 Cover Story Kenya – Managing the crisis
30 Special Report Mining in Africa
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Editorial 13 Kenya – Playing with fire
Cover Story 14 Kenya – Managing the crisis 14 Anatomy of the stand-off 22 No impact on growth says central banker
View from the City 26 Cheerful gold prospects
Energy 28 Investors queue for Nigerian gas
Special Report Mining in Africa 31 Home of the world’s most wanted minerals 40 Lonrho – back with a vengeance
Topic 42 Why Africa rejected EU trade deals
Logistics 44 Black firms get Richards Bay expansion
Spotlight 46 Jacob Zuma – A people’s champion emerges
Countryfiles 50 Nigeria: The Ribadu conundrum 51 Ghana: First Nigerian gas arrives 52 Malawi: Dumping Taiwan 53 Zambia: China relations 54 Tanzania: A man of the people 55 Angola: New LNG plant
2010 Soccer World Cup 58 Cut price tickets for S African fans
Reviews Book/Music 64 Empires of Oil 66 On the beat
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46 Jacob Zuma A people’s champion emerges
