Monthly Archives: April 2013
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Angola economic briefing: high oil prices compensate for tough business environment – By Gaimin Nonyane
Angola has come a long way since gaining independence from Portugal in 1975. The country has transformed from an agriculture-based economy to one of sub-Saharan Africa’s ... -
Tendai Biti: Zimbabwe must stage “a legitimate and credible election” for economic recovery – By Magnus Taylor
Back in 2009 when he took the job as Zimbabwe’s Minister of Finance, Tendai Biti had one of the most challenging jobs in African politics. The ... -
Making African journalism pay: sustainable democracy depends on a strong and independent media – By Yasiin Mugerwa
Much has been said about the international media’s reporting on Africa. Over the past years, broadcasters and journalists have been reproached for their afro-pessimism. On this ... -
Big Pharma in Africa: Weighing corporate citizenship and the bottom line – Adam Robert Green
In the early 2000s, pharmaceutical companies were high on activists’ hit lists, prompted by Big Pharma’s ill-advised attempt to sue the South African government for patent ... -
Somalia: rumours of Al-Shabaab’s death are greatly exaggerated – By Stig Hansen
Harakat Al Shabaab is an organisation that has, for many years, been misunderstood. This is perhaps most clearly illustrated by the frequent predictions concerning its fragmentation ... -
REVIEW: Al-Shabaab in Somalia: the history and ideology of a militant islamist group, 2005 – 2012 – By Magnus Taylor
Stig Jarle Hansen has written what is undoubtedly the best book on Al-Shabaab – a militant islamist group based in Somalia – currently available. It has ... -
East African Communities Rising Against Land Acquisition – By Peter Kahare
The Endoris, a minority community of about 60, 000 people lives a precarious life in the North Rift Valley Kenya. In 1974 the government forcefully evicted ... -
Tax havens and Africa: Will the G8 deal with the real issue? – By Richard Dowden
If you hadn’t noticed it is the United Kingdom’s turn to host the G8 again. Not as important these days as the G20 but, as a ... -
Waiting for Blue Helmets? Prospects for a UN Mission to Mali – By Isaline Bergamaschi
International actors have dealt with the crisis in Mali in many ways. In a recent brief, Lori-Anne Théroux-Bénoni (Institute of Security Studies Dakar) listed its four ... -
Review: Africa and the War on Drugs – By Matthew Herbert
A review of the most recent book in the African Arguments series. Previously published by our partners the World Peace Foundation. It is devilishly difficult to ...
