US imposes sanctions on Gadaffi

World powers struggled to find a way to stop Libyan leader Moammer Gadaffi lashing out at his people as he clings to power in Tripoli, the last big city where an uprising against his rule has yet to take hold.

The U.S. and Africa: great expectations

Suggested by Clive Tasker THE U.S. AND AFRICA – GREAT EXPECTATIONS by the IHS – Global Insight From: “IHS – Global Insight in Focus”, September 2009. www.ihsglobalinsight.com Reproduced by The European House-Ambrosetti for the Forum “Developing Africa: an opportunity for Europe, Italy and Sicily“, Taormina, October 1 and 2, 2009