Yearly Archives: 2012
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Congo: avoiding past pitfalls in a future peace deal with the M23 – By Judith Verweijen
The recent fall of Goma has starkly highlighted the shaky foundations of the “˜peace architecture’ that was built in the wake of the Second Congo War ... -
Zuma Exposed: a tale of power, corruption and lies – Reviewed by Martin Plaut
South African political life is currently on hold as the nation waits for the ANC’s conference to be held in Mangaung – the metropolis around Bloemfontein. ... -
Congo: Kabila in a Catch 22 with M23 – By Kris Berwouts
Kinshasa, November 27th 2012 As reported last week, the DRC’s Eastern city of Goma fell on Tuesday November 20th. The next day M23 took Sake, 25 ... -
Congo: UK and US must play more consistent hand to end world’s worst war – By Richard Dowden
Africa is covered in epithets, like graffiti. It has been labelled dark, lost, hopeless. But generalisations about Africa are dangerous. The only certainty is its size: ... -
The Last Hunger Season: a fine but flawed study of poverty in rural Kenya – Review by Magnus Taylor
Reporting Africa is too often a game of big politics: elections, coups, terrorists, oil deals and Julius Malema. You can easily be an expert of ... -
Emerging or diverging? A framework for discussing “˜Africa rising’ – by Jolyon Ford
I wonder if we should perhaps think of sub-Saharan Africa as a collection not so much of jointly emerging markets, but of diverging ones. Last week ... -
African youth: Fulfilling the potential – Jay Naidoo
Africa has two major leadership problems: firstly, its leadership is fragmented. And secondly, its leaders are stagnating. We need a bold new vision that will integrate ... -
Africa’s glass is both half full and half empty – By Simon Freemantle
Acknowledgment of Africa’s ongoing economic revival is becoming more widespread. Hardly a week passes without a notable report or conference extolling the continent’s growth performance and ... -
Goma falls to the M23: a tale of war, rebellion and dreadful peace agreements – By Kris Berwouts
On Thursday November 15th “˜M23′ – the rebellion movement which was created earlier this year – launched a major attack on the city of Goma which, ... -
How Shabaab is losing the battle, but maybe winning the war – By Abdi Aynte
The Somali militant group al-Shabaab is currently losing ferocious battles against Kenyan troops in Southern Somalia – part of an African Union peacekeeping mission. However, they ...
