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Burundi: Reflecting on ten days of unrest in Bujumbura – By Jean-Benoît Falisse
The social and political crisis that observers of Burundi had feared for months has now struck. Last Saturday, the CNDD-FDD nominated the current president of Burundi, ... -
Xenophobia Vs Pan-Africanism: Is This How South Africa Remembers Tanzania’s Hashim Mbita? – By Chambi Chachage
I wonder what went on in Hashim Mbita’s mind as he breathed his last on 26 April 2015. What did the Retired Brigadier-General think of the ... -
What next for the PDP? – By Lagun Akinloye
With less than a month until the swearing in of the government of President elect Muhammadu Buhari, the Nigerian political landscape is bracing itself for a ... -
Liberia’s Postwar Constitution Review: A Tale of Mistrust and Uncertainty – By Richard Akum and Mainlehwon Vonhm
When under review, a constitution (the supreme law of the land) reveals issues of collective angst within the land. In Liberia, the process to review the ... -
Election 2015: What’s in the party manifestos for Africa? – By Magnus Taylor and Hetty Bailey
Does the UK have an “˜Africa policy’? Magnus Taylor (Editor, African Arguments) and Hetty Bailey (Policy and Research Coordinator, Africa APPG) decided to find out. They ... -
Sudan 2015: After the elections, time for new ideas – By James Copnall
If this was a boxing match the referee would never have let it go the distance. Omar al Bashir received 94% of the vote in overwhelmingly ... -
Europe pushes away migrant ‘problem’ but many more will still come – By Ismail Einashe and Giulia Liberatore
In the space of one weekend in April over 800 migrants perished in the waters of the Mediterranean. This was the worst death toll since a ... -
Does the tragedy in the Mediterranean illustrate a new British Africa policy? – By Richard Dowden
Suddenly the British election has an international issue: African migration to Europe. The sight of boatloads of poor Africans heading towards our southern European beaches induces ... -
Zambia retreats on controversial mining tax – By Dr. Desné Masie
Zambia has retreated on plans for a controversial mining tax announced in January 2015 by its ruling party, the Patriotic Front (“PF”). The move follows forceful ... -
As the House Burns, Whither the Zimbabwean Opposition? – By Nicole Beardsworth
The Zimbabwean economy is going through structural regression, with rapid deindustrialisation, burgeoning external debt, an over 85% formal unemployment rate and nominal growth due to declining ...
