Yearly Archives: 2012
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Mali uncertainty as all sides wonder, “˜what next?’– By Camilla Toulmin
Nearly a week has passed since a group of mid-level officers led by Captain Sanogo carried out a coup d’etat in Mali’s capital, Bamako. The army ... -
South Sudan: rearmament in Warrap State – By Naomi Pendle
Deep in Warrap State’s wetlands, land that is used for grazing even in the driest season, the thickly wooded higher land, surrounded by rich marshes, once ... -
The Malian Political Crisis: taking grievances seriously – By Brian J. Peterson
When the protest movement of Malian women erupted in the town of Kati on January 30, few took notice. The women were mostly “war widows” ... -
Senegal Elections: Keeping the Momentum from the First Round – By Mohamed Jalloh
On March 25, Senegal will go to the polls to choose between the incumbent president bent on seeking a third-term and his former Prime Minister Macky ... -
African Arguments Editorial: Mali’s coup makes Tuareg rebellion harder to resolve – By William Townsend
For the past decade, Mali has been incrementally portrayed as the poster-child of good democratic transition in West Africa and its president, Amadou Toumani Touré, respected ... -
Breaking News: Mali Coup Likely to Hike Mining Taxes and Raise Terrorism Risks – By Exclusive Analysis
Head of Africa Forecasting at Exclusive Analysis, Natznet Tesfay, believes that the coup in Mali is likely to delay elections by 6-12 months, hike mining taxes ... -
Diary – Inside the Shadow World: Feinstein and Alderman debate the global arms trade in Africa – By Magnus Taylor
The publication last year of Andrew Feinstein’s The Shadow World: inside the global arms trade provided the RAS with a neat opportunity to invite the author ... -
The Lubanga verdict: a fight against impunity’s milestone? – By Koen Vlassenroot
It took the International Criminal Court (ICC) about six years to come to a conclusion in the case against Thomas Lubanga, a Congolese militia leader who ... -
Guinea: The Mining Sector and Its Discontents – Risk or Reward? – Kissy Agyeman-Togobo at Songhai Advisory
The arrival in town last week of a delegation of investors who met with Guinean president Alpha Conde is an indication that there is still appetite ... -
Malawi’s democracy dips into recession – By Keith Somerville
Between independence in 1964 and the referendum to end the one party state in 1993, Malawi was almost a stereotype of an African autocracy with a ...
