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Contents NEW AFRICAN The bestselling pan-African magazine, founded in 1966

FEBRUARY 2011 ISSUE 503 WWW.AFRICASIA.COM

8 CÔte d’Ivoire

The reporting of the political crisis in Côte d’Ivoire by the international media has, as usual, skirted the crux of the matter – the quiet struggle behind the scenes between President Laurent Gbagbo and the former colonial ruler, France. Here, we tell the story behind the story.

LETERS 5 Your news and views

COVER STORY:

Côte d’Ivoire 8 The story behind the story 14 What others say 16 The UN has failed Côte d’Ivoire

FEATURES 20 Tunisia: Lessons from the uprising 24 Tunisia: The Facebook revolution 26 Tunisia: A welcome revolt 28 Nigeria: The gladiators finally emerge 30 Sudan: The people can’t wait REFLECTIONS 34 Losing my soul THE INTERVIEW 36 Paul Boateng:

‘One day, Britain too will get its own black PM’

NA MARKET 44 Zimbabwe: ‘Come and invest with us’

FOCUS 46 Africa emerging as oil and gas superpower 47 Ghana: Making oil a blessing

GUEST COLUMNS 50 ‘I am not black, I’m brown’ 52 Why Africans want the

WHO director-general position

NEM TRE 54 Taking on Usain Bolt

SPORT 56 CAF Awards: Hail the king of kings! THE ARTS 60 Africa celebrates at

World Festival of Black Arts 64 The witches of Gambaga 70 Nollywood: Pirates beware! TRIBUTE 72 Goodnight, Harold Smith

BACK TO THE FUTURE 74 Côte d’Ivoire: Strange bedfellows