CONTENTS

__________ NEWSFLASH___________

5 Newsflash 6 Agenda 7 Letters 8 Psst. ..

FEATURES 9 Guest column: Teresa Hayter on the World Bank

10 US and Africa: Where the flag flies 15 Uganda: The recovery that never was 23 Letter from Lagos: Of aliens and foreigners

COUNTRY BRIEFINGS 24 Kenya: Will new film bring tourism boom?

25 Mali: Starvation and the profiteers 27 Djibouti: Port spearheads revival 28 Sudan: Rebuilding the shattered economy

30 Tanzania: Economic reforms to come

32 Nigeria: Imports cut to bone 33 Ghana: Budget boost to economy 34 Ivory coast: Economic news tarnished by infighting

A The richest

I w country in the world has fewer commercial links and less influence in Africa than in any other part of the non-Communist world. How high a priority are African relations in Washington? What are the trade links, and where is US aid going? Howard French reports.

SECTOR BY SECTOR 35 Agriculture: Rodents in rice; Worm waste; SADCC beef; Sudan gum arabic; Kenyan agro-forestry; Tanzanian coconuts; Kenya sleeping sickness

37 Banking & Finance: Kenyan bank competition: Sudan ex-pats bank

63 Construction: Kagera Basin Organisation budget 65 Energy: Fuel for Kenyan tea; Uganda's IDA funds

66 Labour: Nigeria expels immigrants

67 Manufacturing & Technology: Palm oil association; Nigerian paper mill

69 Market Network: BAT in Africa; Tanzania nets fishery grant;

USSR/Zaire link 71 Mining: Botswana copper-nickel

73 Transport & Communications: Kenya to move Ugandan coffee;

Ghana shipping; Air Tanzania

ZAMBIA SURVEY

43 Overview: Haunted by copper-dependence

45 Economic indicators 47 Export incentives: Non-metal exports 49 Marketing structure: Troubled co-ops

51 Parastatals: Indeco to cut costs 52 Tourism: Exploiting a tourist playground; Poaching 53 Economic Management: Mwananshiku and Phiri profiles

55 Agriculture: Chief export one day?

57 Energy: Petroleum bill 57 Construction: Forex shortage strikes again

RAILWAYS IN AFRICA 76 Overview: Funding slows up projects

77 Tazara: New plan financially safe

78 Zambia; Kenya 83 Francophone Africa: Projects status

85 Zaire: Belgian funding 87 Zimbabwe: Efficiency drive

WATER SURVEY

89 Overview: Small schemes offer new hope

91 Pumps: Quest for the perfect model 92 Funding: Repair schemes fit the bill

95 Malawi: Water for all by 1990?

__________ BOOKS__________ 97 Black women and resistance in South Africa

S P O O N E R

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A C Uganda’s free-market policies were once I w the jewel in the IMF’s crown. But the shine has come off with widespread guerrilla resistance to the government and rampant economic chaos.

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O Q Zambia faces the awesome challenge of O w seeking alternatives to its main forex revenue earner - copper. AH looks at efforts and reforms in energy, agriculture, construction, tourism and economic institutions.

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