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- AU Chair Dlamini-Zuma complains that discussions on tax “always take place at the end of the G8” – By Magnus Taylor
- Waiting for Elections in 2013: 11 Theses (with Appropriate Apologies) on Zimbabwe’s Moment of Magical Realism — By David Moore
- Egypt’s threats over Nile waters backfire as promise of war is not credible – By Seifulaziz Milas
- SADC respects Zimbabwe’s early election date – By Simukai Tinhu
- The G8′s here, Time to act on tax havens – By Richard Dowden
- Japan raises its game in Africa – By Magnus Taylor
- Niger’s bad dream approaches as islamists set sights on Niamey – By Celeste Hicks
- REVIEW: Last Train to Zona Verde: overland from Cape Town to Angola – By Paul Theroux
- Kikwete in trouble over FDLR, but does he really understand who they are? – By Frederick Golooba-Mutebi
- Jason Stearns, Phil Clark and Richard Dowden debate the UN Group of Experts (with a focus on the DRC)
- Egypt/Ethiopia: There will be no water war in the Nile Basin because no one can afford it – By Seifulaziz Milas
- Framing death – how will the world mark the passing of Nelson Mandela? – By Keith Somerville
- Forgetting Mau Mau, remembering Lonrho – Richard Dowden
- In Libya anarchy reigns and international engagement is sorely needed – By Jason Pack
- On Darfur and the death of Mohammad Bashar – By Aly Verjee
- Congo: Pygmy women leader and environmental activist appointed minister in South Kivu – By Kris Berwouts
- Tsvangirai must form a coalition to have any chance in upcoming elections – By Simukai Tinhu
- Transforming Zimbabwe’s agrarian economy: why smallholder farming is important – By Ian Scoones
- REVIEW – Congo Masquerade: The political culture of aid inefficiency and reform failure
- Africa in the News – Uganda: Museveni & the ‘Muhoozi project’
- After Woolwich: from gang member to radical islamist – By Ismail Einashe
- Interview with Richard Attias, Chairman, Richard Attias & Associates; Founder, the New York Forum AFRICA
- Mali’s Sleeper Cell – By Andrew Lebovich
- It’s not about the state of the world, but the state of sub-Saharan Africa – By Dr Adrian Saville, CIO Cannon Asset Managers
- Somalia 2013: ‘new’ deal, old principles – By Dominik Balthasar
- Sustainability certifications: working better than you think – By Eleanor Whitehead
- Which way forward for Kenya’s Civil Society? – By Kennedy Opalo
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Monthly Archives: April 2012
April 26, 2012
Senegal and Mali: Thoughts on West African democracy – By Dayo Olaide
Posted by AfricanArgumentsEditor
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 president, their once Prime Minister Macky Sall. In Mali, Coupists, led by Captain Amadou
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April 25, 2012
Charles Taylor: the long Wait for Justice Almost at an End – By Colin Waugh
Posted by AfricanArgumentsEditor
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 international stage are due to deliver the verdict on a man who over the
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April 25, 2012
Kony2012: Invisible Children campaign’s new teacher and student educational resource
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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 of the LRA situation, guides for teachers about stereotypes in the Kony 2012 video,
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April 25, 2012
Mali ‘Islamisation’ tackled: The Other Ansar Dine, Popular Islam, and Religious Tolerance – Brian J. Peterson
Posted by AfricanArgumentsEditor
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”) has stolen the spotlight. Led by the wily Tuareg rebel Iyad ag-Ghali, and aiming
Posted in African Politics Now | 3 Comments »
April 24, 2012
Libya: NTC must assert itself and consign federalism to the dustbin of history – By Jason Pack
Posted by AfricanArgumentsEditor
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 and providing an equitable distribution of its resource wealth, then, the interim government of
Posted in African Politics Now | 1 Comment »
April 24, 2012
North and South Sudan are at war – by Alex de Waal
Posted by AfricanArgumentsEditor
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 half of the 20th century which eventually culminated in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA)
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April 23, 2012
China’s Shifting Foreign Policy in Sudan and South Sudan: A Delicate Dance
Posted by AfricanArgumentsEditor
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 delivered by Zach Vertin, Senior Analyst on Sudan & South Sudan at the International
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April 23, 2012
Guinea Bissau Coup: military plays politics to defend own power – By David Stephen
Posted by AfricanArgumentsEditor
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 Prime Minister, the acting President and others, sacked the government, dissolved parliament, and shut
Posted in African Politics Now | 2 Comments »
April 20, 2012
Ethiopia: new East African hegemon? – By Josh Maiyo
Posted by AfricanArgumentsEditor
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 on the hitherto rather sedate and lacklustre dialogue on the region’s economic and political
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April 20, 2012
Making Sense of Kony: Critical information on the conflict in Northern Uganda
Posted by AfricanArgumentsEditor
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 agree upon is the deep, even desperate, need for more information about the conflict
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