Poisoned wells : the dirty politics of African oil / by Shaxson, Nicholas

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: A paradox of plenty in the new gulf -- Fela Kuti: how things fell apart in the oil boom -- Pedro Mont⵺ a morph to another world -- Abel Abra塯: wielding the oil weapon -- Omar Bongo: taking the red pill -- Eva Joly: elf Africaine and the rabbit warren -- Andr⥠Milondo: golden eggs -- Obiang Nguema: what caring neighbors do -- Fradique de Menezes: battening down the hatches -- Arcadi Gaydamak: between global borders -- Dokubo-Asari: corroding the soul of a nation -- Global witness: hooligans and rock stars -- Conclusion: drawing the poison.…”

Profiles of people in power : the world's government leaders / by East, Roger

Table of Contents: “…Rep / Joseph Kabila -- Congo, Rep / Denis Sassou-Nguesso and Isidore Mvouba -- Costa Rica / Abel Pacheco de la Espriella -- Cote d'Ivoire / Laurent Gbagbo and Pascal Affi N'Guessan -- Croatia / Stipe Mesic and Ivica Racan -- Cuba / Fidel Castro Ruz -- Cyprus / Glafcos Clerides, Rauf Denktas and Dervis Eroglu -- Czech Republic / Vaclav Havel and Vladimir Spidla -- Denmark / Margrethe II and Anders Fogh Rasmussen -- Djibouti / Ismail Omar Guelleh and Dileita Mohamed Dileita -- Dominica / Vernon Shaw and Pierre Charles -- Dominican Republic / Hipolito Mejia Dominguez -- East Timor / Xanana Gusmao and Mari Alkatiri -- Ecuador / Gustavo Noboa Bejarano and Lucio Gutierrez Borbua -- Egypt / Mohammed Hosni Mubarak and Atif Mohammad Obeid -- El Salvador / Francisco Flores Perez -- Equatorial Guinea / Teodoro Obiang, Nguema Mbasogo and Candido Muatetema Rivas -- Eritrea / Issaias Afewerki -- Estonia / Arnold Ruutel and Siim Kallas -- Ethiopia / Girma Wolde Giorgis and Meles Zenawi -- Fiji / Ratu Josefa Iloilo and Laisenia Qarase -- Finland / Tarja Halonen and Paavo Lipponen -- France / Jacques Chirac and Jean-Pierre Raffarin -- Gabon / Omar Bongo and Jean-Francois Ntoutoume-Emane -- Gambia / Yahya Jammeh -- Georgia / Eduard Shevardnadze and Avtandil Jorbenadze -- Germany / Johannes Rau and Gerhard Schroder -- Ghana / John Kufuor -- Greece / Costas Stephanopoulos and Costas Simitis -- Grenada / Daniel Williams and Keith Mitchell -- Guatemala / Alfonso Portillo Cabrera -- Guinea / Lansana Conte and Lamine Sidime -- Guinea-Bissau / Kumba Yalla and Mario Pires -- Guyana / Bharrat Jagdeo and Sam Hinds -- Haiti / Jean-Bertrand Aristide and Yvon Neptune -- Honduras / Ricardo Maduro -- Hungary / Ferenc Madl and Peter Medgyessy -- Iceland / Olafur Ragnar Grimsson and David Oddsson -- India / A.P.J. …”
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