53rd Edition

Africa South of the Sahara 2024

Edited By Europa Publications Copyright 2023
    1610 Pages
    by Routledge

    The definitive one-volume guide to all sub-Saharan African countries, providing invaluable economic, political, statistical and directory data.

    General Survey

    Thoroughly revised and updated analytical articles written by experts on the region and covering both continent-wide and sub-regional issues.

    Country Surveys

    Individual chapters on every country incorporating:

    essays on the physical and social geography, recent history and economies

    an extensive statistical survey of economic indicators

    a full directory containing names, addresses and contact details for key areas such as the government, diplomatic representation, the media, finance, trade and industry, and defence

    a useful bibliography, providing sources for further research.

    Regional Information

    Detailed information on regional organizations; commodities; research institutes; and select bibliographies of books and periodicals.

    PART ONE General Survey

     

    Economic Trends in Africa South of the Sahara

    DONALD L. SPARKS

     

    Beyond Françafrique—The State of Relations Between France and Africa

    TONY CHAFER

     

    A Century of Development: Policy and Process in Sub-Saharan Africa

    MICHAEL JENNINGS

     

    An Analysis of the Rule of Law in Sub-Saharan Africa

    LEIGHANN SPENCER

     

     

    PART TWO Country Surveys

    Essays on geography, history, and economy, as well as statistical surveys, directories and bibliographies for each country:

     

    ANGOLA

     

    Recent History BRAD SAFARIK

    Economy BRAD SAFARIK

     

    BENIN

     

    Recent History PAUL MELLY

    Economy PAUL MELLY

     

    BOTSWANA

     

    Recent History CHRISTOPHER SAUNDERS

    Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY

     

    BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY

     

    BURKINA FASO

     

    Recent History BRAM POSTHUMUS

    Economy PAUL MELLY

     

    BURUNDI

     

    Recent History DEVON E. A. CURTIS

    Economy DUNCAN WOODSIDE

     

    CABO VERDE

     

    Recent History GERHARD SEIBERT

    Economy GERHARD SEIBERT

     

    CAMEROON

     

    Recent History HELEN WARE

    Economy TICKY MONEKOSSO

     

    THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

     

    Recent History JUAN FANDOS-RIUS

    Economy DUNCAN WOODSIDE

     

    CHAD

     

    Recent History MOUDWE DAGA

    Economy PAUL MELLY

     

    THE COMOROS

     

    Recent History PAUL MELLY

    Economy PAUL MELLY

     

    MAYOTTE

     

    THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

     

    Recent History DUNCAN WOODSIDE

    Economy DUNCAN WOODSIDE

     

    THE REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

     

    Recent History KATHARINE MURISON

    Economy TICKY MONEKOSSO

     

    CÔTE D’IVOIRE

    Recent History MARIE GIBERT

    Economy MARIE GIBERT

     

    DJIBOUTI

     

    Recent History DAVID STYAN

    Economy DAVID STYAN

     

    EQUATORIAL GUINEA

     

    Recent History MARISÉ CASTRO

    Economy MARISÉ CASTRO

     

    ERITREA

     

    Recent History WARKA SOLOMON KAHSAY

    Economy WARKA SOLOMON KAHSAY

     

    ESWATINI (SWAZILAND)

    Recent History HUGH MACMILLAN

    Economy DONALD L. SPARKS

     

    ETHIOPIA

     

    Recent History SOLOMON M. GOFIE

    Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY

     

    GABON

     

    Recent History DOUGLAS A. YATES

    Economy MÉDARD MENGUE BIDZO

     

    THE GAMBIA

     

    Recent History ISAMAIL CEESAY and ESSA NJIE

    Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY

     

    GHANA

     

    Recent History GEORGE M. BOB-MILLIAR

    Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY

     

    GUINEA

     

    Recent History MARIE GIBERT

    Economy MARIE GIBERT

     

    GUINEA-BISSAU

     

    Recent History MARIE GIBERT

    Economy MARIE GIBERT

     

    KENYA

     

    Recent History MICHAEL JENNINGS

    Economy DUNCAN WOODSIDE

     

    LESOTHO

     

    Recent History CHRISTOPHER SAUNDERS

    Economy MALEFA ROSE MALEFANE

     

    LIBERIA

     

    Recent History FRED VAN DER KRAAIJ

    Economy FRED VAN DER KRAAIJ

     

    MADAGASCAR

     

    Recent History JULIAN COOKE

    Economy JULIAN COOKE

     

    MALAWI

     

    Recent History CHRISTOPHER SAUNDERS

    Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY

     

    MALI

     

    Recent History STEPHEN HARMON

    Economy PAUL MELLY

     

    MAURITANIA

     

    Recent History GIUSEPPE MAIMONE

    Economy PAUL MELLY

     

    MAURITIUS

     

    Recent History MANORAMA AKUNG

    Economy BOOPEN SEETANAH, SHEEREEN FAUZEL and VERENA TANDRAYEN-RAGOOBUR

     

    MOZAMBIQUE

    Recent History MARISÉ CASTRO

    Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY

     

    NAMIBIA

    Recent History CHRISTOPHER SAUNDERS

    Economy TERESIA KAULIHOWA, JACOB M. NYAMBE and VALDEMAR J. UNDJI

     

    NIGER

     

    Recent History LUCA RAINERI (based on an earlier article by ABDOURAHMANE IDRISSA)

    Economy PAUL MELLY

     

    NIGERIA

     

    Recent History MAX SIOLLUN

    Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY

     

    RÉUNION

    Recent History

    Economy

     

    RWANDA

     

    Recent History DUNCAN WOODSIDE

    Economy DUNCAN WOODSIDE

     

    SAINT HELENA, ASCENSION AND

    TRISTAN DA CUNHA

     

    Recent History

    Economy

     

    SÃO TOMÉ AND PRÍNCIPE

     

    Recent History GERHARD SEIBERT

    Economy GERHARD SEIBERT

     

     

    SENEGAL

     

    Recent History MARIE GIBERT

    Economy MARIE GIBERT

     

    SEYCHELLES

     

    Recent History KATHARINE MURISON

    Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY

     

    SIERRA LEONE

     

    Recent History LEIGHANN SPENCER

    Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY

     

    SOMALIA

     

    Recent History DUNCAN WOODSIDE  (based on an earlier article by ANNA BRUZZONE)

    Economy DUNCAN WOODSIDE (based on an earlier article by ANNA BRUZZONE)

     

    SOUTH AFRICA

     

    Recent History CHRISTOPHER SAUNDERS

    Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY

     

    SOUTH SUDAN

     

    Recent History DUNCAN WOODSIDE

    Economy DUNCAN WOODSIDE

     

    SUDAN

     

    Recent History DUNCAN WOODSIDE

    Economy DUNCAN WOODSIDE

     

    TANZANIA

     

    Recent History MICHAEL JENNINGS

    Economy JÖRG WIEGRATZ

     

    TOGO

     

    Recent History KATHARINE MURISON

    Economy PAUL MELLY

     

    UGANDA

    Recent History MICHAEL JENNINGS

    Economy JÖRG WIEGRATZ

     

    ZAMBIA

     

    Recent History SISHUWA SISHUWA

    Economy DUNCAN WOODSIDE

     

    ZIMBABWE

     

    Recent History CHRISTOPHER SAUNDERS

    Economy ALBERT MAKOCHEKANWA

     

    PART THREE  Regional Information

     

    REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

     

    MAJOR COMMODITIES OF AFRICA

     

    CALENDARS

     

    RESEARCH INSTITUTES CONCERNED WITH AFRICA

     

    SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY (BOOKS)

     

    SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY (PERIODICALS)

    Biography

    Europa Publications’ regional publications are compiled by a team of editors and researchers, with introductory and country-specific material provided by specialists in their field:

     

    Manorama Akung. Senior Lecturer in History, Head of Centre for Research on Slavery and Indenture, University of Mauritius, Mauritius.

     

    George M. Bob-Milliar. Associate Professor, Department of History and Political Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.

     

    Anna Bruzzone. Stipendiary Lecturer in European and World History, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.

     

    Marisé Castro. Researcher specializing in lusophone and hispanophone Africa.

     

    Ismaila Ceesay. Senior Lecturer in Political Science and Head of the Political Science Unit, University of The Gambia, Serrekunda, The Gambia.

     

    Tony Chafer. Professor of African and French Studies, Centre for European and International Studies, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom.

     

    Julian Cooke. Editor of the Anglo-Malagasy Society Newsletter.

     

    Devon E. A. Curtis. Associate Professor in Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

     

    Moudwe Daga. Usawa Fellow, Department of Politics and International Studies, SOAS University of London, London, United Kingdom.

     

    Juan Fandos-Rius. Encyclopaedist and historian of the Central African Republic.

     

    Sheereen Fauzel. Associate Professor, PhD in Development Economics, University of Mauritius, Mauritius.

     

    Marie Gibert. Researcher specializing in economics and politics of Africa.

     

    Solomon M. Gofie. Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.

     

    Stephen Harmon. Late Professor of History, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg KS, USA.

     

    Abdourahmane Idrissa. Assistant Professor, African Studies Centre, Leiden University, Netherlands, and Humboldt Researcher,University of Göttingen, Germany.

     

    Michael Jennings. Senior Lecturer in International Development, SOAS University of London, London, United Kingdom.

     

    Warka Solomon Kahsay. Saint Francis Xavier University, Antogonish, Canada.

     

    Teresia Kaulihowa. Associate Professor of Economics, Namibia University of Science and Technology, Windhoek, Namibia.

     

    Fred van der Kraaij. Economist specializing in Liberia and the Western Sahel.

     

    Robert E. Looney. International consultant specializing in economic development and Distinguished Professor, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey CA, USA.

     

    Hugh Macmillan. Research Associate, African Studies Centre, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.

     

    Giuseppe Maimone. Adjunct Professor, Department of Humanities, University of Catania, Catania, Italy.

     

    Malefa Rose Malefane. Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa.

     

    Albert Makochekanwa. Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe.

     

    Paul Melly. Journalist specializing in francophone Africa and Associate Fellow of the Africa Programme at Chatham House (The Royal Institute of International Affairs), United Kingdom.

     

    Ticky Monekosso. Journalist and researcher specializing in human rights, development issues and related humanitarian affairs in Africa, and founder of Afromedi@net.

     

    Katharine Murison. Former Editor of Africa South of the Sahara.

     

    Essa Njie. Lecturer in Political Science, University of The Gambia, Serrekunda, The Gambia.

     

    Jacob M. Nyambe. Associate Professor of Economics and Executive Dean, Faculty of Commerce, Management and Law, University of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia.

     

    Bram Posthumus. Writer, broadcaster and correspondent covering francophone West Africa.

     

    Luca Raineri. Research Fellow in Security Studies, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy.

     

    Brad Safarik. Lecturer in Political Science and International Relations, Universite´ Catholique de l’Ouest, Angers, France, and Associate Researcher, Les Afriques dans le Monde, Institute  d’Etudes Politiques de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France.

     

    Christopher Saunders. Emeritus Professor, Department of Historical Studies, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

     

    Boopen Seetanah. Professor, University of Mauritius, Mauritius, and Co-Chair of the WTO Chair Programme.

     

    Gerhard Seibert. Associate Researcher, Centre for International Studies, ISCTE—Lisbon University Institute, Lisbon, Portugal.

     

    Max Siollun. Historian and author specializing in Nigeria’s political and military history.

     

    Sishuwa Sishuwa. Senior Lecturer in History, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.

     

    Donald L. Sparks. Emeritus Professor of International Economics, The Citadel, Charleston, SC, USA, and Lecturer in International Business, Management Centre Innsbruck, Austria.

     

    Leighann Spencer. PhD candidate, Charles Sturt University, Bathurst, Australia, and Tutor in Justice Studies, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.

     

    David Styan. Department of Politics, Birkbeck, University of London, London, United Kingdom.

     

    Verena Tandrayen-Ragoobur. Associate Professor of Economics and Statistics, University of Mauritius, Mauritius, and Co-Chair of the WTO Chair Programme.

     

    Valdemar J. Undji. Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia.

     

    Helen Ware. Professor of Peace Studies, School of Humanities, University of New England, Armidale, Australia.

     

    Jörg Wiegratz. Lecturer in Political Economy of Global Development, School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom.

     

    Duncan Woodside. Journalist and analyst specializing in economics and conflict in the Great Lakes of Africa.