Yearly Archives: 2011
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DRC: Conflict Minerals, Dodd-Frank and due diligence – Get on With It – By Mark Taylor
The battle over conflict minerals in DR Congo is heating up. No, I don’t mean the actual fighting is getting worse or that your newly-purchased mobile ... -
ICC and Kenya: ‘Ocampo’s Six’ an important hurdle for the International Criminal Court – By Charlie Warren
Today, the International Criminal Court’s began its “confirmation on charges” hearings for the Ocampo Six, and the conventional wisdom holds that the proceedings will be a ... -
ICC and Kenya’s 2012 elections: ‘The Half Made Place’ – By Dan Branch
Kenya is, according to the writer Billy Kahora, a “˜half-made place,’ a country of “˜parallel universes, parallel economies, parallel lives, futures and realities.’[i] One does need ... -
ICC and Kenya: time for cooperation? – By Sabine Hoehn
On 1st September the International Criminal Court will decided whether it opens trials against six Kenyan high ranking officials charged to be the most responsible for ... -
Congo: Change or stagnation? – A new book by Theodore Trefon
2010 was in important year for the DRC and the Congolese. It marked 50 years of independence from Belgium and the cancellation of the near totality ... -
Two Deaths in Zimbabwe – by Timothy Scarnecchia
Two deaths in Zimbabwe’s political landscape happened a week apart in August. First came the tragic news of the murder of MDC-T politician Maxwell Ncube, whose ... -
Cote d’Ivoire: Ouattara restores calm after the stand-off – By Ashley Elliott
Ouattara v Gbagbo. Cote d’Ivoire’s recent post-election problems began in the wake of the November 2010 presidential polls. After the election commission initially gave victory to ... -
Central African Republic: Peacebuilding without Peace – By Louisa Lombard
Challenges on the Road to Accountable Government This report was originally published by SWP – German Institute for International and Security Affairs Fifteen years of UN-led ... -
Richard Dowden blogs from Uganda: Kampala and Kigali’s reconciliation
You might think that comfortably re-elected recently and in his 26th year as ruler of Uganda, President Yoweri Museveni might begin to sit back and relish ... -
DRC: US Conflict Mineral Law Opens the Door to Peace – By Bahati Jacques and Aaron Hall
In recent weeks a debate has emerged over the merits of the conflict minerals provision in the Dodd-Frank Act. Critics of the legislation assert that the ...
