Yearly Archives: 2012
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Burkina Faso: Blaise Compaoré and the politics of personal enrichment – By Peter Dí¶rrie
By African standards, Burkina Faso is not a particularly spectacular country. It is small, has a tiny population and internal politics which most foreign correspondents tend ... -
Somalia: peace in Mogadishu is fragile but holding – By Mary Harper
Last month, as I walked through Bakara market – the main commercial district of Mogadishu – it was difficult to believe that just one year ago, ... -
East African Oil and Gas: a lack of critical analysis leaves local people isolated – By Thembi Mutch
In July this year the China-Africa Ministerial Conference in Beijing took place. Forty-nine African countries and China agreed the fortunes of oil and natural gas extraction ... -
Burkina Faso: Compaoré’s Continuing Will to Power – By Michael Keating and Coulibaly Nadoun
One of the remarkable facts of history that re-emerged during the trial of Charles Taylor was the key role that Burkinabé President Blaise Compaoré played in ... -
Chad: Darfur refugees there to stay – By Celeste Hicks
“Didn’t you hear that last week there was fighting in Darfur!” said Saleh Souleyman, a refugee from Darfur as we sit in the shade in his ... -
Uganda in trouble: Museveni should now enjoy a well-earned retirement – By Richard Dowden
Three tell tale signs. Firstly it was discovered that the 16-strong Uganda Olympic team was outnumbered by the officials accompanying it, many of whom are paid ... -
Give Kagame a break! A response to Richard Dowden – By Ken Opalo
Ken Opalo wrote an interesting response to Richard Dowden’s piece, Kagame and Congo: how long can he deny Rwandan involvement in the East? on his own ... -
South Sudan: whose great idea was this anyway? – By Magnus Taylor
Firstly, it must be noted that the author of this piece has never been to Sudan in any of its manifestations. Neither does he profess to ... -
Abdullahi Yusuf: A Somali warlord’s life and days – By Mohamed Haji Ingiriis
HALGAN IYO HAGARDAAMO: Taariikh Nololeed (STRUGGLE AND CONSPIRACY: A Memoir) by Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed, 2012. This colossal memoir, written in the standard Somali language of Af-Maxaa, ... -
The Continuing Trouble with the Congo – By Severine Autesserre
The situation in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo has deteriorated significantly since the end of the transition to peace and democracy in ...
