Political handbook of Africa 2007 / introduction by Moses K. Tesi.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Intergovernmental organization abbreviations -- 1. Introduction -- Introduction to Sub-Saharan Africa -- 2. Governments -- Algeria -- Angola -- Benin -- Botswana -- Burundi -- Cameroon -- Cape Verde -- Central African Republic -- Chad -- Comoro Islands -- Congo, Democratic Republic of the -- Congo, Republic of the -- Côte d'Ivoire -- Djibouti -- Egypt -- Equatorial Guinea -- Eritrea -- Ethiopia -- Gabon -- Gambia -- Ghana -- Guinea -- Guinea-Bissau -- Kenya -- Lesotho -- Liberia -- Libya -- Madagascar -- Malawi -- Mali -- Mauritania -- Mauritius -- Morocco -- Mozambique -- Namibia -- Niger -- Nigeria -- Rwanda -- Sao Tome and Principe -- Senegal -- Seychelles -- Sierra Leone -- Somalia -- Somaliland -- South Africa -- Sudan -- Swaziland -- Tanzania -- Togo -- Tunisia -- Uganda -- Zambia -- Zimbabwe.

3. International organizations -- African Union (AU) -- Arab League -- Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) -- Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) -- Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC) -- Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) -- Commonwealth -- Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries (CPLP) -- Council of Arab Economic Unity (CAEU) -- Council of the Entente -- East African Community)EAC) -- Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries (CEPGL) -- Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS/CEDEAO) -- Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) -- Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC) -- Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) -- International Organization of the Francophonie (OIF) -- Mano River Union.

Nonaligned Movement (NAM) -- Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) -- Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) -- Permanent Inter-State Committee on Drought Control in the Sahel (CILSS) -- Regional and Subregional Development Banks -- African Development Bank (AfDB) -- Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) -- Central African States Development Bank (BDEAC) -- East African Development Bank (EADB) -- West African Development Bank (BOAD) -- Southern African Development Community (SADC) -- United Nations (UN) -- Security Council -- Security Council : Peacekeeping Forces and Mission -- United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) -- United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) -- United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) -- United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS) -- United Nations Operation in Burundi (ONUB) -- United Nations Operation in Côte d'Ivoire (ONUCI) -- United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC).

Security Council : International Criminal Tribunals -- International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) -- Economic and Social Council : Regional Commissions -- Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) -- West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) -- 4. Appendixes -- Appendix A : Chronology of major African events, 2006 -- Appendix B : Serials list -- Index.