Monthly Archives: June 2011
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Cí´te d’Ivoire: No War, but No Security
AfricaFocus Bulletin Jun 10, 2011 (110610) (Reposted from sources cited below) Editor's Note "Between May 13 and 25, Human Rights Watch interviewed 132 victims and witnesses ... -
China, Congo and Zambia: Friends in Need?
China’s growing presence on the African continent is focused in large part on obtaining access to mineral resources. Mining by multinational corporations in Africa has always ... -
Saving the Africa Centre? By Richard Dowden
I thought the days of effective agitprop and demos were over but this story might have a happy ending. For more than a decade the Africa ... -
What next for Uganda’s opposition?
By Angelo Izama There is a reason why Uganda is one of the most researched countries in Africa. Once dubbed by Winston Churchill as the “˜Pearl ... -
Zimbabwe: Observations from Harare about a book on land by Blessing-Miles Tendi
by Blessing-Miles Tendi I have made two research trips to Zimbabwe in the last 5 months. On both trips the subject matter of the recently launched ... -
ABYEI: a land grab and a humanitarian crisis, By Charlie Clements
By Charlie Clements Charles De Long was the U.S. Minister to Japan in 1871. After an incident in which an Okinawan vessel was shipwrecked in Taiwan ... -
Global India and its diaspora
Gerard McCann explains India´s attempts to re-engage overseas Indians, arguing that creating productive friendships – political, economic, if not “˜cultural’ – between India and its diaspora ... -
LAURA SEAY’S REVIEW OF ‘FIGHTING FOR DARFUR’ BY REBECCA HAMILTON
Evaluating Advocacy: Genocide and Self-Awareness in Hamilton’s Fighting for Darfur By Laura Seay Journalist Rebecca Hamilton’s new book: Fighting for Darfur: Public Action and the Struggle ... -
ALEX THURSTON’S REVIEW OF ‘FIGHTING FOR DARFUR’ BY REBECCA HAMILTON
Fighting Over Darfur By Alex Thurston Rebecca Hamilton’s Fighting for Darfur: Public Action and the Struggle to Stop Genocide raises important and troubling questions about the ...