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E d i to r ia l 11 Is China Africa’s best friend?
Top ic 42 Africa’s lakes drying up
Cover s t o r y
New P r o d u c t s
A f r i c a ’s m an a gem e n t co n u n d rum 45 A fan for football fans, S i x b u s in e s s ch am p io n s and other new products
14 Scott Badbury
16 Andrew Rugasira
18 Kim Warren
20 Dominic Bruynseels
24 Sam Jonah
26 Mo Ibrahim
F in a n c e
28 A single currency for Africa?
S p o t l ig h t 38 New fund rewards results
T r e n d s 4 0 World on the move
C o u n t ry f i le
48 Namibia: Poverty hammered
49 Lesotho: The other side of the coin
50 S . A frica : Mission impossible?
52 N ige ria : Third term factor
54 Ghana: Call for action
55 L ib e r ia : The end of the beginning
56 A lg e r ia : Economic recovery gathers pace
R e v ie w s B o o k s /M u s ic 62 US Foreign Policy and the Horn of
Africa, and other books
6 6 S enegal’s maestro returns
