Yearly Archives: 2012
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Somali Presidential Elections: six ways to win power – By Abdi Aynte
After 12 years of feeble transitional governments, Somalia is slated to have a permanent administration that theoretically will be able to borrow money from the World ... -
China in Africa: Dambisa Moyo fails to uncover a more complex situation — by Jolyon Ford at Oxford Analytica.
In June 27’s New York Times, well-known African aid sceptic Dambisa Moyo attempted a corrective analysis. I will leave the reader to make their own minds ... -
Northern Mali’s silent crisis as food shortages are worsened by political stalemate – By Celeste Hicks
While all eyes are on the ongoing political stalemate in Bamako, and the growing radicalism of groups such as Ansar Dine, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb ... -
Kenya: MRC pre-election rallies likely to turn violent – By Exclusive Analysis Ltd.
On 24 April 2012, a Mombasa Republican Council (MRC) protest turned violent when police (AP) riot and the paramilitary General Service Unit (GSU) used excessive force ... -
Somalia airspace and waters’ control must be reclaimed: UN may owe millions in unaccounted for air navigation charges – By Abdisalam Warsame Hassan and Awet T. Weldemichael
For nearly two decades, a small United Nations body has managed Somalia’s airspace without Somali involvement and international oversight. Sources close to that office reveal that ... -
Kenya: Saitoti’s death and the coming battle – By Richard Dowden
The death of George Saitoti in a helicopter crash on June 10th removes one of the most important players in Kenya’s piranha pool politics. Saitoti served ... -
Africa and the Financial Crisis: insulated no longer – By Desné Masie
The 2008 Financial crisis and the attendant Eurozone crisis are reshaping the future of global finance. But what are the implications of this for Africans? Why ... -
“˜Zimbabwe and the Region’ – The Britain Zimbabwe Society’s Annual Research Day 2012
The Britain Zimbabwe Society’s annual research day will be held on the 16th June at St. Antony’s College, Oxford (corner of Woodstock/Bevington Road, North Oxford, ... -
Somalia needs nation building’s sterile and corrupt mould to be broken – By Ahmed M.I. Egal
The impending expiry of Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government (TFG) has occasioned an unseemly rush to establish a “˜permanent’, and therefore “˜legitimate’, administration in the country. This ... -
DIARY: Malawi: Joyce Banda wills the IMF for a loan – By Magnus Taylor
Joyce Banda became President of Malawi by accident. Bingu wa Mutharika, her predecessor, died suddenly of a heart attack in April, an event which prompted 48 ...
