As US and UK military forces invade Iraq the death of innocents in the Middle East will be added to those dying from AIDS, famine and preventable illness in Africa. The waging of war at any time, when not sanctioned by international law and the victims pose no threat to neighbours or invaders,...

<title/> <bold>The <italic>Agrarian Question in South Africa</italic> </bold>, edited by Henry Bernstein. Frank Cass, London 1996 ISBN 0-7146-4737-3. <bold> <italic>Dream of Power: the Role of the Organisation of African Unity in the Politics of Africa, 1963--1993,</italic> </bold>Klaas van Walraven, Ridderprint, Netherlands, 1996. <bold> <italic>The African Development Bank</italic>...

This article argues that Ghana's galamsey or artisanal miners offer a strategy of resistance to state mining policy and foreign company operations. Galamsey provide significant injections of sustained income to local communities and clamping down on their activities is at best short sighted and...