Yearly Archives: 2011
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Zimbabwe: International NGOs and aid agencies – Parasites of the Poor? – by Diana Jeater
This blog is called “˜Rethinking Zimbabwe’. It seems that a lot of people in Zimbabwe want some rethinking about the operations of international NGOs and aid ... -
Burundi: A Political Crisis or a Crisis in Politics?
After 3 years as a development consultant in post conflict areas, over 4 years at senior executive management level in financial institutions in conflict and post ... -
Central Africa’s Sovereign Issues: Malawi, Zambia and Zimbabwe – by Nick Wright
In March 2009, I wrote an article entitled “A New Federation” which suggested that Malawi may be moving slowly, and without anybody really noticing, towards the ... -
Senegal: Wade regime in the twilight hours? – By Pascal Bianchini
23 June was a day of huge protest in Dakar, with crowds insisting that President Abdoulaye Wade resign (“˜Wade degage!’). The protests were triggered by a ... -
Famine in Eastern Africa – Could the international relief system could have done better? – A response to Richard Dowden by John Seaman
As Richard Dowden says, drought does not necessarily lead to famine. Famine occurs when politics obstructs people’s own capacity to manage local shortage by movement and ... -
Terrorism in the Sahara and Sahel: A ‘false flag’ in the War on Terror? – By Richard Trillo
The desert interior of West Africa, from Mauritania to southern Algeria and from northern Niger to northern Mali covers around 3.5 million square kilometres – an ... -
Review of Jasons Stearns’ ‘Dancing In the Glory of Monsters: the Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa’ by Harry Verhoeven
On the morning of December 30th 1998, the village of Makabola, 15km south of the Congolese-Burundese bordertown of Uvira, was surrounded by troops of the Rassemblement ... -
Towards a Multi- Faith Common Agenda for African Development and the MDGs – By Knox Chitiyo and Lucy Mbugua
Could faith groups be a powerful driver in achieving the Millenium Development Goals (MDG’s) in Africa? Recent thinking and initiatives in Africa and within the wider ... -
Human Rights Watch: UK Policy on Rwanda- Time for a Review – By Carina Tertsakian
A few weeks ago, a British journalist called me to discuss the human rights situation in Rwanda. We began by talking about the 2010 elections, in ... -
In the 2 Sudans: War by any other means – By Jean-Baptiste Gallopin
Southern secession has passed, and the return to all-out war between Khartoum and the south that many feared has not occurred. The run-up to independence was ...
