Monthly Archives: May 2012
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Investor perceptions in Africa: starting an argument — by Jolyon Ford at Oxford Analytica.
Do many existing or potential investors in London and similar settings unwittingly misconceive relative business risks in Africa? I ask this question conscious that authors should ... -
Congo: The hunt for Bosco – Kabila turns on his friends – By William Townsend
As the rumour mill turns and suspicion runs rife, conflict is unfolding in eastern Congo’s Kivu provinces once again, following three years of relative calm. The ... -
Japanese international development: human rights and democracy still the elephant in the room – By Magnus Taylor
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is clearly an organisation with a positive PR agenda. The lunch laid out after the briefing with their Vice President, ... -
Zimbabwe Harare International Festival of the Arts – Aaron Kohn finds a surprisingly resilient arts scene
Often it is assumed that dictatorships are completely, absolutely bad. Rotten to the core. The businessmen of that nation are corrupt. The students who are lucky ... -
Africa and the EU: Africa APPG report on trip to Brussels
The European Union is playing an increasingly important role in mediating how the UK relates to Africa across a range of policy areas including international development, ... -
Sudanese stalemate as neither North nor South can make decisive move – By Nanne op’t Ende
The tactical calculations in the conflict between North and South Sudan are staggeringly complex but they have one thing in common: neither party has the slightest ... -
Beyond Kony 2012: a new E-book
Amanda Taub – blogger at Wronging Rights – has been quick out of the blocks in producing what would appear to be the first book-length analysis ... -
What does the rise of the far right in Europe mean for Africa’s Diaspora?
Francois Hollande’s victory in France’s recent Presidential election may have dampened the focus on the stubborn rise in support for France’s far-right Front National and its ... -
Diary: The Meles Zenawi show – World Economic Forum on Africa, 2012 – By Magnus Taylor
The World Economic Forum is best known for its annual meeting at Davos in the Swiss Alps where, recently, focus has been on the poor state ... -
Tunis’ post-revolution identity – by Richard Dowden
On May 1st I took the battered little old train into town to see what was going on. It starts off in one of Tunis’s posher ...
