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- The Diaspora can help fuel Rwanda’s Technology and Digital Ambitions – By Sean Obedih
- The (LRA) conflict: Beyond the LRA lobby & the hunt for Kony… and towards civilian protection – By Kristof Titeca
- The curious case of Africa’s Progress and the missing Millennium Development Goals – By Susana Edjang
- Confucius and the Curate’s Egg: The Morality of China in Africa – a review by Keith Somerville
- Bob Diamond, Uhuru Kenyatta and the rise of Afro-confidence: WEF 2013, Cape Town – By Richard Dowden
- Democratization and the Failure of the Sudan Peace Process – By John Young
- Mali: Which way forward? A chat with Bruce Hall, Baz Lecocq, Gregory Mann and Bruce Whitehouse
- The rise and rise of the African factivists – By Bright Simons and Jamie Drummond
- Can Britain fix Somalia? – By Abdihakim Aynte
- African oil & gas outlook 2013 (part II): analysis by region – Rolake Akinkugbe at Ecobank
- Africa’s oil and gas outlook 2013 (part 1) – By Rolake Akinkugbe at Ecobank
- REVIEW: The Fate of Sudan: The Origins and Consequences of a Flawed Peace Process – By Alex de Waal
- How ZANU-PF stays in power – By Simukai Tinhu
- Making friends in London: is a new rapprochement on Zimbabwe occurring? – By Ian Scoones
- Zimbabwe Elections Scenarios: New ICG Report Cuts Through the Political Posturing
- Kenyatta, Ruto and the ICC: major diplomatic earthquake in the offing – By Richard Dowden
- Somalia seeks lasting support from London conference – By Farah Abdulsamed
- Djibouti, Democracy and the Horn of Africa – By H.E. Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Djibouti
- Summits and stereotypes: analysing the analysis of Africa — by Jolyon Ford at Oxford Analytica
- Nigeria: After Baga, JTF lost in a maze of rocks and hard places – By Alkasim Abdulkadir
- After Borama: consensus, representation and parliament in Somaliland – new report from Africa Research Institute
- Lady in Pink: Victoire Ingabire faces her judges in appeal – By Kris Berwouts
- Angola economic briefing: high oil prices compensate for tough business environment – By Gaimin Nonyane
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- Big Pharma in Africa: Weighing corporate citizenship and the bottom line – Adam Robert Green
- Somalia: rumours of Al-Shabaab’s death are greatly exaggerated – By Stig Hansen
- REVIEW: Al-Shabaab in Somalia: the history and ideology of a militant islamist group, 2005 – 2012 – By Magnus Taylor
- East African Communities Rising Against Land Acquisition – By Peter Kahare
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Diaspora Debate
May 17, 2013
Posted by AfricanArgumentsEditor
As Rwanda day 2013 comes to London for the first time, let me take this opportunity to talk about the role that the Rwandan business community in the diaspora can playing by embracing the creation of Rwanda startup culture and
April 8, 2013
Posted by AfricanArgumentsEditor
Last year, I attended a conference that brought together African thought leaders. In a session about African identity, we explored the question of whether one could claim to be African without being fluent in any African languages. A passionate, and near disruptive
Read the rest of What Kind of African Doesn’t Speak Any African Languages? Me. »
Posted in Diaspora Debate | 7 Comments »
March 27, 2013
Posted by AfricanArgumentsEditor
“There are more opportunities in Britain”, says Gulaid, a Norwegian-Somali barber shop owner from Streatham. The land of opportunity? You might be forgiven for raising an eyebrow or two with unemployment high and with the threat of a triple-dip recession
Read the rest of Why Europe’s Africans choose to come to Britain – By Ismail Einashe »
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February 21, 2013
Posted by AfricanArgumentsEditor
Centuries old, travel writing has been instrumental in crafting perceptions of the world we live in; journeying authors have wielded significant influence over immobile audiences who have wanted to ‘see’ beyond their own square mile of existence. For the most
Posted in Diaspora Debate | No Comments »
February 4, 2013
Posted by AfricanArgumentsEditor
The brain drain Africa suffered since the double waves of decolonisation and structural adjustment did not only impact negatively on political and economic developments, but also decimated Africa as professional and business elite – students and refugees emigrated to escape
Read the rest of Diaspora Media: Africa’s missing link with its Diaspora – By Dr Ola Ogunyemi »
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January 23, 2013
Posted by AfricanArgumentsEditor
Another day, another ‘Africa rising’ type e-zine pings its way into my inbox. Just as my mouse picks it up and places it in its proper place in junk, my phone lights up with yet another Facebook picture post of
Read the rest of I am a self-hating member of the Afro-Diaspora. And Proud. »
Posted in Diaspora Debate | 14 Comments »
December 12, 2012
Posted by AfricanArgumentsEditor
The importance of faith and religious observance amongst African and African diaspora communities was the impetus for a conference held last week by ‘Africa-UK’ – a diaspora engagement project aimed at increasing the impact of the UK’s African Diaspora on
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December 5, 2012
Posted by AfricanArgumentsEditor
I recently gave a talk for Radio 4’s Four Thought series, exploring the links between childhood war trauma suffered by young Somali men and the way some are drawn to violent gang culture. Like other young Somali men I arrived
Posted in Diaspora Debate | 2 Comments »
November 13, 2012
Posted by AfricanArgumentsEditor
In Europe (and Britain) religion is often thought to be in terminal decline. Yet, the fact is that African Christians and Muslims increasingly occupy a prominent place within the multicultural religious and social landscape of contemporary society. Any assessment of
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October 16, 2012
Posted by AfricanArgumentsEditor
When the African Development Bank announced its decision to launch a $ 22 billion bond to its member states it found an unlikely supporter in Ghanaian born fashion designer, Ozwald Boateng. Boateng’s organisation, the Made in Africa Foundation, a charitable
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