Poisoned wells: the dirty politics of African oil

A paradox of plenty in the new gulf

Fela Kuti: how things fell apart in the oil boom

Pedro Montu: a morph to another world

Abel Abraao: wielding the oil weapon

Omar Bongo: taking the red pill

Eva Joly: elf Africaine and the rabbit warren

Andre Milondo: golden eggs

Obiang Nguema: what caring neighbors do

Fradique de Menezes: battening down the hatches

Arcadi Gaydamak: between global borders

Dokubo-Asari: corroding the soul of a nation

Global witness: hooligans and rock stars

Drawing the poison.