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November 2007

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12 Cover Story Mo Ibrahim Foundation

31 Telecoms Have phone, w i ll send cash

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Ed it o r ia l 11 The obscenity o f A frican wars

Cover S to ry M o Ib ra h im Foundation 12 The Ibrahim Index on African governance 18 How we achieved ou r rankings 19 Table 1 - The 2007 scores 22 Table 2 - Baseline rankings 2002 25 Table 3 - Baseline rankings 2000

Energy 26 N ige r ia : All change fo r the NNPC 27 South A fr ic a : Clean energy schemes subsidies 28 N am ib ia : Thumbs up fo r Kudu 29 Book: Biofuels fo r Transport

Telecom s 31 Have phone, w i l l send cash 3 4 SMS tra d in g fo r Zambian fa rm ers 36 Vodafone seeks control in S A frica

Sp e c ia l report C o rp o ra te Council on A f r ic a 4 0 A multi-faceted approach to developm ent

W orld Cup W atch 4 6 Of yobbos and w h ite elephants

Tourism 50 What is p ro -p o o r tourism ?

C ou n tr y f i le s 56 South A f r ic a : On the r ig h t track? 58 N ige r ia : Yar'Adua imposes his a u th o r it y 62 Kenya: Kibaki f ro n t runner 66 Ghana: Accra seeks power supply solutions 68 Malawi: Surplus food donated 70 Zambia: China ties strengthen 72 S ie rra Leone: Democratic fe a t bodes well 74 A lg e r ia : New gas e xp o r t links

Review s Books/M usic 8 0 Bad Samaritans 82 A National Treasure