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CONTENTS NEW AFRICAN Th e bestselling pan-African magazine, founded in 1966 JULY 2009 ISSUE 485 WWW.AFRICASIA.COM

10 ICC JUSTICE WHO’S NEXT IN AFRICA?

To coincide with an African Union meeting on the work of the International Criminal Court (ICC), we publish the fi rst responses to our debate on the Court and why human rights NGOs often appear to pick on African leaders who are disliked by Western governments. All Africans should join the debate via our pages.

LETTERS 4 Your news and views

BAFFOUR’S BEEFS 8 Th e world in their hands

COVER STORY: ICC JUSTICE 10 Justice in Africa,

the debate continues 12 Th e case for the ICC 18 Th e case against the ICC 20 Th e Special Court:

What will its legacy be? FOR THE RECORD 26 Togo: When two

brothers fi ght… REFLECTIONS 28 Th e sins of our fathers

FEATURES 30 Nigeria: Th e road to (S)hell 34 Somalia: Th e other side

of piracy 36 South Africa: Blatter

is fed up with 2010 jitters 38 Ghana: Celebrating

Nkrumah’s centenary 39 Gabon: Sarkozy booed at

Bongo’s funeral 40 DRCongo: Th e never-ending

suf ering 46 Kenya/Uganda: Th e island

of trouble COMMENTARY 50 Ghana/USA: Dining

at the Obama Inn

52 Africa: ‘Teacher, don’t

teach me nonsense’ THE INTERVIEW 54 Zimbabwe: ‘We are on the

right course’ 60 Sierra Leone: At home with

Tejan Kabbah 64 Africa/World: Washington

consensus will survive UNDER THE NEEM TREE 66 Omar Bongo and

his worldly possessions FOCUS: OIL AND GAS 71 Africa: Making oil a

blessing, not a curse 74 Algeria: Sonatrach

seeks European role NA MARKET 78 Where did all the

money go? (Part II) THE ARTS 82 More support

for African fi lms 84 Afrobeat no go die

TRIBUTE 88 Bongo: ‘White like a negro’ 92 USA: Adieu Ivan Sertima 94 Africa: Remembering Taju

BACK TO THE FUTURE 98 Pax Africana 2