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Articles of the author Barry Moody
Southern Europe resists austerity plans
Fiona Ortiz Reuters Most of the people of southern Europe have stayed surprisingly stoical up to now in the face of some of the most painful budget cuts in living memory, but signs are stirring that patience may soon run out. An unexpectedly (...)

02 - 04 - 2012
Storm clouds over Monti's reform
Reuters Storm clouds are gathering over Mario Monti's efforts to transform the Italian economy, with his approval ratings dropping, mounting protests against his reforms and a damaging row with the parties that sustain him in parliament. Monti (...)

01 - 04 - 2012
Are Italy's politicians irrelevant?
Reuters The remarkable success of Prime Minister Mario Monti, feted as a hero both at home and abroad, has created turmoil among Italy's discredited politicians and is likely to provoke radical shifts in the political landscape over the coming (...)

17 - 02 - 2012
Financial crisis will turn Africa east
THE international financial crisis is likely to weaken Africa's links with the West and drive it towards other emerging markets, especially China. The spectacle of huge Western banks collapsing while China, Africa's biggest emerging market partner, (...)

10 - 10 - 2008
S. Africa's new president has little leeway
South Africa's new president inherits the biggest political crisis of black rule and severe stresses in Africa's most powerful economy, but has little room for manoeuvre. The appointment of Motlanthe, a respected former union leader and (...)

27 - 09 - 2008
Kenya's ‘odd couple' lead recovery
Six months after a bloody crisis that nearly tore Kenya apart, an “odd couple” of former enemies is doing better than expected in leading the country towards recovery, although dangerous tensions remain. A huge and costly Grand Coalition government (...)

17 - 09 - 2008
Rebuff to Mugabe is watershed for African Union
THE African Union has crossed a watershed by handing an unprecedented rebuff to President Robert Mugabe, but the move could remain largely symbolic without strong follow-up in Zimbabwe. A two-day summit of the AU held immediately after Mugabe's (...)

04 - 07 - 2008
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