Monthly Archives: May 2011
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Africa’s Great War Internal Dynamics
Philip Roessler, Senior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, and Harry Verhoeven, doctoral student at Oxford, are currently conducting research on the internal dynamics that ... -
Understanding Gacaca: Rwanda Transitional Justice by Dr Phil Clark
Dr Phil Clark exudes passion when it comes to all issues Rwanda and transitional justice. Convenor of the Oxford Transitional Justice Research network (OTJR), he is ... -
Guinea-Bissau: A Narco-Developmental State?
By Marie Gibert Guinea-Bissau has repeatedly, over the past few years, been dubbed a “˜narco-state’.[1] This label has tended to be associated with the image of ... -
NEW REPORT: Chad Military Rebels Since 2008
By Ketil Fred Hansen In February 2008, three rebel movements in a joint operation entered the Chadian capital, N’Djamena, and came very close to mounting a ... -
Has the Ugandan “˜Revolution’ ended?
Over the past month, Uganda has witnessed an unprecedented amount of political uprising and instability. This uprising in form of popular protests has operated under the ... -
Has the Ugandan ‘Revolution’ ended?
Tony O.Otoa Jr Over the past month, Uganda has witnessed an unprecedented amount of political uprising and instability. This uprising in form of popular protests has ... -
Olara Otunnu: Democratic change is the non-violent resistance’s objective
Reposted from the Daily Monitor By Olara Otunnu Posted Sunday, May 8 2011 at 00:00 Throughout the country, the verdict on the last elections is clear: it was a completely ... -
RAS Event: Central Africa’s Democratic Transitions?
Little change in Uganda, Rwanda and South Sudan Rwanda, Uganda and South Sudan have all recently experienced democratic elections be they Presidential, representative or in the ... -
Laurent Gbagbo’s Rise and Fall
By Véronique Tadjo* The history of Cí´te d’Ivoire is marked internally by successive ethnic dominations. In 1960, following the end of colonisation by France, Félix Houphouí«t-Boigny, ... -
China and Africa – a long history of developing relations
By Lucy Corkin (SOAS) China’s emerging role in Africa has been a subject of some controversy for the past few years. Earlier claims that Sino-Africa relations ...
