Monthly Archives: April 2012
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What’s next for the DRC? Looking Ahead – By Laura E. Seay
In the aftermath of the 2011 presidential and parliamentary elections, which could be most charitably described as “˜chaotic,’ many Congolese voters, Diaspora members, and knowledgeable observers ... -
To John Humphreys on his trip to Liberia – “You can’t come here with European eyes” – By Richard Dowden
Dear John, I listened to your reports from Liberia on The Today programme this morning with growing fury. I am not angry because your reporting is ... -
Somalia’s “˜Newly Liberated Areas’ – What Comes Next? – By James Smith
Somalia’s Islamist militia, al Shabaab, is on the back foot. Each week brings news of another town seized. The forceful departure of al Shabaab however does ... -
Malawi’s new president must build support and mend donor relations – by Keith Somerville
Monitoring from afar the Malawian reaction to the death of President Bingu wa Mutharika and the inauguration, after a brief succession struggle, of Joyce Banda as ... -
Viktor Bout – Africa’s Lord of War – sentenced to 25 years – Andrew Feinstein
The Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, known widely as “˜the merchant of death’, was sentenced to 25 years in jail by a New York judge on ... -
Mali: how bad can it get? – A conversation with Isaie Dougnon, Bruce Hall, Baz Lecocq, Gregory Mann and Bruce Whitehouse
Edited by Baz Lecocq and Gregory Mann, from a conversation on 3 April 2012. From dusk till late evening, you can find small groups of young ... -
Lighting Africa’s development path – By Jacqueline Musiitwa and Omolade Dada
The world in which we live is a chaotic place. The triple trauma of the food, fuel, and financial crisis has wreaked havoc in a number ... -
Somalia: Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys and the politics of the al-Shabaab split – By Abdi Aynte
If a split within the rank and file of Somalia’s al-Shabaab militants was a mere speculation, it has now become a reality, thanks to a lacerating ... -
Okonjo-Iweala: A Diasporan abandoning ship or flying the flag for Africa? – By Dele Meiji Fatunla
There is perhaps no greater totem of the diaspora’s potential to transform Africa than Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. It is no great surprise ... -
An African President of the World Bank is not the Solution, when the Bank itself is the Problem – By Desné Masie
The hegemony and legitimacy of both the World Bank and International Monetary Fund is too-often nonchalantly presumed. Not only has the World Bank failed poor countries, ...
