EDITORIAL AFRICA Understanding conflict on the continent FEATURES RETHNKING AFRICAN STATES Christopher Clapham ANGOLAN DEADLOCK Chronicle of a war with no solution Antoine Rozès AFRICA WATCH MULTIPARTY DEMOCRACY IN TANZANIA Crisis in the Union Pal Ahluwalia and Abebe Zegeye SECURITY BRIEF TRENDS AND MARKERS Recent data, statistics and indicators ESSAYS THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO Justice in the aftermath of peace? Håkan Friman BEYOND DECLARATIONS OF INTENT Transnational crime initiatives and legislative reform in Zimbabwe Charles Goredema REGULATING SMALL ARMS AND LIGHT WEAPONS The African experience Andre Stemmet BLOOD DIAMONDS Effective African-based monopolies? Christian Dietrich COMMENTARY BUSINESS AND WAR Jakkie Cilliers AFRICAN PEACEKEEPING BEYOND BRAHIMI Mark Malan STILL ... FRANCE VERSUS THE REST IN AFRICA Jakkie Cilliers BOOK REVIEWS ANGOLA From Afro-stalinism to petro-diamond capitalism Tony Hodges SECRET INTELLIGENCE AND PUBLIC POLICY A dilemma of democracy Pat M Holt CAN AFRICA CLAIM THE 21ST CENTURY World Bank A PEOPLE BETRAYED The role of the west in Rwandas genocide Linda Melvern GENOCIDE AND COVERT OPERATION IN AFRICA 1993 -1999 Wayne Madsen PRICE | SUBSCRIBE