Monthly Archives: November 2012
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The Fall of Goma – By Michael Deibert
When the provincial capital of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo fell to rebel forces yesterday, the rapidity of the rebel advance was shocking, ... -
Poor Numbers: how we are misled by African development statistics and what to do about it – By Morten Jerven
On November 5, 2010, Ghana Statistical Services announced that it was revising its GDP estimates upwards by over 60 percent, suggesting that that in the previous ... -
Class and rural differentiation after land reform in Zimbabwe and Two New Land Reform books– by Ian Scoones
A new paper in the Journal of Agrarian Change by the team that wrote the Zimbabwe’s Land Reform book examines the processes of rural differentiation that ... -
Does South Africa really understand Africa? – By Eliot Pence
South Africa has spent over a decade defining itself as different from the rest of Africa. Now, as its foreign policy pivots back to Africa and ... -
Ethiopia: government increasingly intolerant of Islam risks radicalizing muslims – By Alemayehu Fentaw
The Ethiopian constitution provides for freedom of religion and requires the separation of state and religion. However, the Muslim community in Ethiopia has, for more than ... -
Fracking it in South Africa: an argument for shale gas production in the Karoo – By John Schellhase
South Africa is in the midst of a heated energy debate. Africa’s wealthiest nation sits on top of one of the world’s largest shale gas reserves. ... -
Ghana: election climate heats up less than a month before polls – By Kissy Agyeman-Togobo
There’s just 25 days to go before Ghana holds its hotly anticipated presidential and legislative elections, the nation’s sixth round of multi-party elections. The political environment ... -
Religion and Diaspora: African Migrants’ Religious Networks in Britain and Europe – By Dr Joel Cabrita
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 ... -
Time to get back to basics at the BBC – By Richard Dowden
The story that has practically broken the BBC this week was the result of an appalling breach of the first journalistic rule – get the facts ... -
Sierra Leone: elections are a chance to ride the wave of economic development and democracy – By Peter Penfold
On 17 November Sierra Leoneans will go to the polls in presidential, parliamentary and local elections. Over a decade ago, after years of turmoil and unrest, ...
