Book Reviews

African Countries in the New Trade Negotiations: Interests, Options and Challenges, edited by Dominique Njinque and Philip English. Africa World Press,2008, New Jersey, USA and Asmara, Eritrea. F&N Books reviewer.

On March 30, 2014, Posted by , In Book Reviews, By , With No Comments

As global trade negotiations under the aegis of the World Trade Organisations remain unresolved, countries are trying to see how best they could continue to be part of world trade. Africa has always been at a disadvantage at the WTO because most of the countries on the continent do not…

The French Oil Industry and the Corps des Mines in Africa, by Douglas Yates. Africa World Press, 2009, New Jersey, USA and Asmara, Eritrea. F&N Books reviewer

On April 29, 2009, Posted by , In Book Reviews, By , With No Comments

The French have always been ruthless when it comes to exploiting Africa’s natural resources. Take Congo. When in 1997 President Pascal Lissouba stood in the way of the French state-owned oil company, Elf Aquitaine, Paris turned a blind eye as ex-President Denis Sassou Nguesso’s Cobr a rebels launched an attack…