Monthly Archives: September 2011
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Liberia’s Racialist Constitution Needs Reform – By Michael Keating
Liberia’s recently concluded referendum in which all of the government’s propositions were defeated should be the impetus for a serious look at an overall revising of ... -
Zimbabwe: Reality TV, Race, and Reunification – by Brooks Marmon
In early August, Robert Mugabe hosted one of his more bizarre state functions when he bequeathed $50,000 USD to a white Zimbabwean whose nationality and ... -
Being Julius Malema: understanding Juju – By Desné Masie
Julius Malema, the influential leader of South African ruling party ANC’s youth league, has been the poster boy for white South Africa’s worst fears about the ... -
The Commonwealth: Reiterating imperial roots – By Richard Dowden
I gather that the Royal Commonwealth Society and the Commonwealth Foundation are to be merged next year and presented as a Jubilee gift to the Queen ... -
Congo’s rape crisis: Reflections on the new Red Rubber wars – By Georgina Holmes
Guardian journalist Diane Taylor recently filed a report from Mwenga in South Kivu depicting the plight of Congolese women rape victims who are forced to work ... -
Feed the Hungry and Think Ahead – By Andrew Othieno Rwigyema
Kigali, Rwanda, September 2011 “Feed the Hungry” has become a household theme not only for international development practitioners, but also for charitable institutions and human rights ... -
Sudan (North), Blue Nile and Southern Kordofan in the Short-Term Landscape of Sudan – By Tag Elkhazin
“Capsules” is an ad-hoc series of short notes focusing on three issues relating to Sudan: 1- Darfur, 2- South Sudan, 3- Nile Waters. 4- Sudan-North The ... -
Niger and Gadaffi – fallout out from the Libyan crisis: ‘We have no means to close the border… It is too big’ – By Celeste Hicks
Until last week, Niger’s main pre-occupation was the consolidation of democracy following peaceful elections in February. President Mahamadou Issoufou was determinedly continuing with an energetic anti-corruption ... -
Libya’s neighbours’ longer term – By Richard Dowden
So why didn’t NATO planes bomb the armed convoy that headed from Libya into Niger on Tuesday? Two possible answers: One it was part of a ...
