Al-Ahram Weekly
30 March - 5 April 2000 Issue No. 475
Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875
Beyond the dole-cracy
The Africans of Senegal have real political maturity, as well as cellphones, writes Gamal Nkrumah
Lost hope
Fleeing economic collapse in Albania for greener pastures, the flood of illegal immigrants in Western Europe has become an issue of international concern, Zeina Takieddine reports from Albania
The devil they don't know
The victory of Vladimir Putin in Russia's presidential election last Sunday came as no surprise, but the ex-KGB officer's human rights record remains the real wild card in Russia's future, writes Abdel-Malek Khalil from Moscow
