Monthly Archives: July 2011
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Food Crisis in the Horn of Africa: International Response Driven By Image of Africa – By Peter Gill
By Peter Gill International responsiveness to the food crisis in the Horn of Africa has relied again on the art of managing the headlines. Sophisticated early ... -
South Sudan: A letter from Warrap State – Impossible Expectations
By Naomi Pendle If you walk to the far side of the market, beyond the large cauldrons of cooking broth and the boys who can fix ... -
Sudan: Framework Agreement – House of Lords debate
House of Lords debates, 5 July 2011, 2:57 pm Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench) To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in advance of Southern Sudan‘s independence on ... -
Great Lakes Westminster Hall debate – on DRC elections, mineral extraction, the role of Rwanda in region
Great Lakes (Africa) Westminster Hall debates, 5 July 2011, 1:27 pm Eric Joyce (Falkirk, Labour) I want to say a few words, in opening, about the ... -
South Kordofan and Nuba Mountains – Timely Humanitarian Interventionism or yet Another Passive Rwanda-Like Inaction?
By Ahmed Hassan I sat sipping my mint-flavored black tea hurriedly on one of these small teashops on the way from Kadougli to El-Obied. I could ... -
Female Genital Mutilation “” Debate – UK House of Lords
House of Lords debates, 30 June 2011, 1:28 pm Baroness Rendell of Babergh (Labour) To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to increase ... -
CHATHAM HOUSE: Engaging an Emerging Superpower: Understanding China as a Foreign Policy Actor
China should not be seen as a threat intent on deposing the United States as the world’s No.1 superpower or as a dormant, peaceful status quo ... -
‘Recognize Somaliland as an independent state’ urges Foreign Minister
By Mohamed A Omar Somaliland has recently celebrated the 20th anniversary of its declaration of independence. On May 18, 1991, Somaliland terminated its union with Somalia ... -
South Sudan’s Internal Dynamics
Part II of Jens Pedersen’s paper for MSS: Making Sense of a Thorny Separation. Part I can be read here: The Political Economy in North Sudan ... -
Equatorial Guinea: It’s Time for Meaningful Reform
By Tutu Alicante This week, leaders from across Africa descended on Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, the site of the 17th African Union Summit, to discuss the challenges ...