Monthly Archives: April 2012
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Senegal and Mali: Thoughts on West African democracy – By Dayo Olaide
Over the two months, the state of West African democracy has been tested on several occasions. In Senegal, after second round elections, citizens elected a new ... -
Charles Taylor: the long Wait for Justice Almost at an End – By Colin Waugh
Tomorrow in The Hague the judges in what has been one of the lengthiest and most unusual legal battles ever to have been fought on the ... -
Kony2012: Invisible Children campaign’s new teacher and student educational resource
An 11-page resource for teachers and students is now available – React and Respond: The Phenomenon of Kony 2012 http://concernedafricascholars.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Kony-React-Respond.pdf This teachers’ packet includes an overview ... -
Mali ‘Islamisation’ tackled: The Other Ansar Dine, Popular Islam, and Religious Tolerance – Brian J. Peterson
Of the insurgent factions that have wrested control over northern Mali from the central government, and effectively partitioned the country, Ansar Dine (“Defenders of the Faith”) ... -
Libya: NTC must assert itself and consign federalism to the dustbin of history – By Jason Pack
In today’s Libya, local is king. Yet, if the country is to become a functioning state governed by an elected leadership capable of empowering its citizens ... -
North and South Sudan are at war – by Alex de Waal
Sudan has been described as “˜Africa in microcosm.’ Formerly a single country, political conflict between North and South spawned its ongoing civil war through the second ... -
China’s Shifting Foreign Policy in Sudan and South Sudan: A Delicate Dance
The RAS relaunches its Africa Asia Centre programme this Spring with a new seminar series exploring different aspects of Africa-Asia relations. Our first seminar will be ... -
Guinea Bissau Coup: military plays politics to defend own power – By David Stephen
On the night of 12th April Guinea-Bissau “˜Military Command’ put troops on to the streets of Bissau, the country’s capital, closed the frontiers, imprisoned the ... -
Ethiopia: new East African hegemon? – By Josh Maiyo
Recent news that the Republic of Somalia and newly independent South Sudan have applied to join the East African Community (EAC) has elicited uncharacteristically heated debate ... -
Making Sense of Kony: Critical information on the conflict in Northern Uganda
About us In the storm that has erupted over Invisible Children’s Kony 2012 campaign, one conclusion that people on all sides of the controversy tend to ...
