Africa

After three decades in power, José Eduardo dos Santos is presiding over a resource boom. But too few Angolans are seeing the benefits (36)

• • Leader: Countries like Angola must spread the wealth
  • (23)
• • Luanda: costly even for Croesus
• • Topic page: Angola

Canny traders adapt to anarchy (2)

• • Piracy off the coast of Somalia is getting worse
  • (69)
• • What managers can learn from Somali pirates
• • Topic page: Somalia

The ANC is losing sight of its liberal heritage (7)

• • South Africa's languages are under threat
  • (11)
• • South African schools are still not doing very well
  • (6)
• • Topics page: South Africa

The head of the UNDP in Juba discusses South Sudan's prospects for independence (4)

• • South Sudan will struggle to prosper
  • (8)
• • Two of Darfur’s rebel groups want to talk peace
  • (3)
• • The Arab media's take on South Sudan's independence
  • (22)
• • Leader: A necessary secession
  • (36)
• • Videographic: A country divided
• • Topic page: Sudan

For all the efforts to combat it, Somali piracy is posing an ever greater threat to the world’s shipping (21)

• • Leader: Somali piracy is getting worse. Time to act
  • (69)
• • Capital punishment, Somali pirates and South Korea
  • Asia view
  • (5)
• • Topic page: Somalia

The African Union, Africa’s paramount body, has improved but it is still weak (8)

• • Côte d'Ivoire is another big test for Africa
  • (26)
• • AU troops in Mogadishu have push back Islamist fighters (Dec 2010)
  • (17)
• • Topic page: African Union