1.  The fragile economies of several southern African nations could be irreparably damaged.

2.  It is suggestive that his initial conception of the French Community would have denied African nations the option of independence.

3.  But while the famine there has held centre stage, Oxfam say many other African nations are in desperate need of help.

4.  Also, the U.S. government ought to be working diligently to determine how it can help the new government in Rwanda restore order in a chaotic African nation.

5.  Among African nations, Ghana shines as democratic, politically stable and economically sound.

6.  America must also strengthen economic ties with African nations, Jackson added.

7.  An Exxon Corp.-led group is moving forward with plans to develop huge oil fields in the impoverished central African nation of Chad.

8.  And African nations that took sides in the Cold War, as Kenya did with the West, suddenly had to liberalize their economies when it ended.

9.  And in April, a scam artist duped Web users out of thousands of dollars by using software that reset their modems to dial the African nation of Chad.

10.  And without the leadership of a major country, African nations are often reluctant or even hostile toward the idea of international intervention.