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Contents i. Preface ........................................................................................................... vii ii. List of Abbreviations ...................................................................................... ix iii. Factual Overview ........................................................................................... xiii I. Sub-Saharan Africa (Andreas Mehler, Henning Melber & Klaas van Walraven) ....................................................................................................... 1 II. United Nations and Sub-Saharan Africa (Linnea Bergholm) ......................... 19 III. African-European Relations (Sven Grimm) ................................................... 33 IV. West Africa (Klaas van Walraven) ................................................................. 43 Benin (Laurens Nijzink) ................................................................................. 57 Burkina Faso (Alexander Stroh) ..................................................................... 65 Cape Verde (Gerhard Seibert) ........................................................................ 73 Cote d'Ivoire (Bruno Losch) .......................................................................... 79 Gambia (Abdoulaye Saine) ............................................................................ 87 Ghana (Paul Nugent) ..................................................................................... 93 Guinea (Mike McGovern) .............................................................................. 103 Guinea-Bissau (Christoph Kohl) .................................................................... 111 Liberia (Lansana Gberie) .............................................................................. 117 Mali (Martin van Vliet) .................................................................................. 123 Mauritania (Claes Olsson & Helena Olsson) ................................................. 131 Niger (Klaas van Walraven) ........................................................................... 137 Nigeria (Heinrich Bergstresser) ..................................................................... 145 Senegal (Vincent Foucher) ............................................................................. 161 Sierra Leone (Krijn Peters) ............................................................................ 169 Togo (Dirk Kohnert) ...................................................................................... 177 V. Central Africa (Andreas Mehler) ................................................................... 185 Cameroon (Marie-Emmanuelle Pommerolle & Fanny Pigeaud) .................. 193 Central African Republic (Andreas Mehler) .................................................. 203 Chad (Han van Dijk) ..................................................................................... 211 Congo (Remy Bazenguissa-Ganga) .............................................................. 219 Democratic Republic of Congo (Denis M. Tull) ........................................... 227 Equatorial Guinea (Cord Jakobeit) ............................................................... 241 Gabon (Douglas Yates) ................................................................................. 247 Sao Tome and Principe (Gerhard Seibert) .................................................... 253 VI. Eastern Africa (Rolf Hofmeier) ..................................................................... 259 Burundi (Stef Vandeginste) ........................................................................... 275 Comoros (Rolf Hofmeier) ............................................................................. 285 Djibouti (Rolf Hofmeier) ............................................................................... 293 Eritrea (Nicole Hirt) ...................................................................................... 299 Ethiopia (Jon Abbink) ................................................................................... 309 Kenya (Nic Cheeseman) ............................................................................... 321 Rwanda (Susan M. Thomson) ....................................................................... 333 Seychelles (Rolf Hofmeier) ........................................................................... 345 Somalia (Jon Abbink) .................................................................................... 351 Sudan (Peter Woodward) .............................................................................. 361 Tanzania (Kurt Hirschler & Rolf Hofmeier) ................................................. 375 Uganda (Volker Weyel) .................................................................................. 387 VII. Southern Africa (Henning Melber) ............................................................... 399 Angola (Jon Schubert) .................................................................................. 409 Botswana (Matthias Basedau & Christian von Soest) .................................. 421 Lesotho (Roger Southall) .............................................................................. 427 Madagascar (Richard R. Marcus) ................................................................. 433 Malawi (Lewis B. Dzimbiri) .......................................................................... 441 Mauritius (Klaus-Peter Treydte) ................................................................... 449 Mozambique (Joseph Hanlon) ..................................................................... 455 Namibia (Henning Melber) ........................................................................... 465 South Africa (Ineke van Kessel) .................................................................... 473 Swaziland (John Daniel & Marisha Ramdeen) ............................................ 489 Zambia (Gero Erdmann) ............................................................................... 495 Zimbabwe (Amin Y. Kamete) ........................................................................ 505 List of Authors ....................................................................................................... 517