Clinton's seven-nation African tour is designed to focus attention on Africa's big change of fortunes, notes Gamal Nkrumah

Liberia scores big, but the Congo and Côte d'Ivoire are still waiting, writes Ernest Harsch

The sharp increase of trade and investment with China and other emerging economies has been good for Africa, but it could be better if African governments think strategically to build prosperity at home, argues Roy Laishley