Yearly Archives: 2011
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Niger and Gadaffi – fallout out from the Libyan crisis: ‘We have no means to close the border… It is too big’ – By Celeste Hicks
Until last week, Niger’s main pre-occupation was the consolidation of democracy following peaceful elections in February. President Mahamadou Issoufou was determinedly continuing with an energetic anti-corruption ... -
Libya’s neighbours’ longer term – By Richard Dowden
So why didn’t NATO planes bomb the armed convoy that headed from Libya into Niger on Tuesday? Two possible answers: One it was part of a ... -
History and Fiction in the Writing of We Are All Zimbabweans Now — by James Kilgore
The U.S. version of We Are All Zimbabweans Now, published by Ohio University Press, will be released in September, 2011. In early 2003 I sat ... -
Mali and Niger Tuareg insurgencies and the war in Libya: “˜Whether you liked him or not, Gadaffi used to fix a lot of holes’ – By Frédéric Deycard and Yvan Guichaoua
In the early days following the rise of the insurgency in Libya, it was widely reported that Col. Gaddafi was making an extensive use of foreign ... -
A letter from Ghana – “˜Homos’ and Hysteria: reporting the gay debate in Africa – By Clair MacDougall
One morning back in late May, I stumbled up the street to buy my morning paper. I opened the paper to find a headline that read: ... -
Zambia Election briefing 2011: Battle of the Dinosaurs – By Giacomo Macola and Jack Hogan
Incumbent Zambian President Rupiah Banda faces an uphill battle to retain the position he inherited in 2008 from the late Patrick L. Mwanawasa. Despite presiding over ... -
Upcoming Event Cleveland, OH– Beatrice Mtetwa — Inamori Ethics Prize Ceremony and Recipient Lecture
“Inamori Ethics Prize Ceremony and Recipient Lecture” Severance Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, Wednesday September 7, 2011, 5:30pm – 6:30pm Free and Open to ... -
Somalia’s Famine: Never again, again – By Jamie Drummond, Exec Director, ONE
It’s over a month since famine was declared in Somalia and alarm bells clearly rung about serious food shortages across Northern Kenya and Southern Ethiopia. 12 ... -
South Sudan: newborn state in a nasty zone – By Richard Dowden
Looking back on my recent trip to Uganda and Sudan it struck that while Kampala throbs with energy and activity, its inhabitants are discontented. In Juba ... -
Sierra Leone Paper Scandal Underscores Plight of African Universities – Michael Keating
Last week the BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14495242) reported on a scandal at the once respected Fourah Bay College in Sierra Leone. It seems that students were unable to ...
