The Republic of Djibouti rarely makes the headlines.  Overshadowed by much larger countries in the Horn of Africa – Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, and with trouble spots Eritrea and Yemen a respective camel and dhow ride away – not to mention

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Paul Biya – ‘officially’ in his late 70s – is one of the longest serving leaders in Africa and the world. After serving from the 60s in the upper echelons of the administrative apparatus of late President Ahmadou Ahidjo, Biya

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“Here we go again”. These words should have been heard in November last year. Not since. That’s when the drought early warning lights flashed in Eastern Africa. No one should be saying it now. But now we are seeing pictures

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By the peaceful standards of modern Malawi, the 20th of July was a very bloody day indeed. At least 19 people were killed and many more were injured, in demonstrations against the Mutharika government that took place in and around the

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For East Africa; A NEW DAY HAS DAWNED! By Andrew Othieno; 26th July, 2011 Africa is an entity whose unique intelligence was distorted by external influence so much that what was initially one loosely integrated whole (though totally oblivious to

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Continuing our examination of fundamentalist Islamic groups in Africa, Christopher Anzalone looks at Somalia’s Al-Shabab insurgents, describing how they relate to the country’s more conventional governance structures, and the difficulties the East African famine has thrown up for the group.

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Equatorial Guinea is just one of many African countries to benefit from tighter regulation of foreign assets By Joseph Kraus, Ph.D. The recent “Arab Spring” uprisings in North Africa and the Middle East emerged in part out of citizens’ frustration

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There is a sense that the little nation of Swaziland is in crisis yet again, but this time it is one that won’t go away. There are three elements: political; economic and wellbeing. The Swazis have lived in present day

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Politics in Ghana is a fraught topic and political debates should be entered into with a degree of trepidation. During my first few weeks in Accra, while trying to gauge the political sentiments of the demos, I found myself captive

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Visit to Mauritania of the British Conservative Arab Network Delegation led by Daniel Kawczynski MP 19th – 23rd June 2011 Daniel Kawczynski MP with President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz of Mauritania Visit overview The visit to the country was the

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