The main cause of bad governance in African nations is not the ignorance of African leaders or inadequate infrastructure but the control of the state by predator elites argues Tunde Obadina

Professor Bolaji Akinyemi, former Nigerian foreign minister, urges Africans to take the initiative in defining African problems and defining African solutions to those problems.

Africa's political stability has deteriorated, with 20 percent of Sub-Saharan Africa's population affected by civil war today. K. Y. Amoako, Executive Secretary of Economic Commission for Africa, discusses the causes of conflict, particularly its linkages with poverty; the economic consequences of war; and the imperatives for coordinated and holistic action for post-conflict rehabilitation and reconstruction.