Just a handful of stories that have caught my eyes in the last couple of days, with relatively little commentary:
Business Report reminds us just how vital South African Finance Minister Trevor Manuel is not only for the country’s economic policy, but how vital he might end up being for Jacob Zuma (and the ANC’s) political success in the near future.
Hu Jintao has undertaken an extensive African trip, his first foreign foray of the Year of the Ox. What does it all mean? No one really knows, but Asia Times is trying to figure it out.
IRIN has a two-part report “deconstructing” the crisis in Madagascar. Part I is here, Part II here.
Finally, in Zimbabwe Morgan Tsvangirai hopes for a return to the rule of law. We all would welcome this huge, necessary, and remarkably fraught step, Mr. Prime Minister.
