Monthly Archives: June 2013
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Niger’s bad dream approaches as islamists set sights on Niamey – By Celeste Hicks
When Agadez’s army barracks was hit by a suicide explosion on May 23rd the Nigerien bad dream seemed like it had finally come true. For many ... -
REVIEW: Last Train to Zona Verde: overland from Cape Town to Angola – By Paul Theroux
By Magnus Taylor The arch miserableist returns, and he’s “happy again, back in Africa, the kingdom of light”. A lot of people will hate this book, ... -
Kikwete in trouble over FDLR, but does he really understand who they are? – By Frederick Golooba-Mutebi
Just over a fortnight ago, Jakaya Kikwete, President of Tanzania, kicked off a firestorm of controversy with what many in Rwanda and outside of it saw ... -
Jason Stearns, Phil Clark and Richard Dowden debate the UN Group of Experts (with a focus on the DRC)
For the motion: Jason K. Stearns, political analyst, director of the Rift Valley Institute’s Usalama Project and author of the book, ‘Dancing in the Glory of ... -
Egypt/Ethiopia: There will be no water war in the Nile Basin because no one can afford it – By Seifulaziz Milas
The comedy started last Monday when the Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi invited leading politicians to discuss the report of a tri-partite Egypt-Ethiopia-Sudan commission. The commission had ... -
Framing death – how will the world mark the passing of Nelson Mandela? – By Keith Somerville
When I woke up on Saturday 8th June and looked at the leading stories in the news I felt a shiver. Again, South Africans (and many ... -
Forgetting Mau Mau, remembering Lonrho – Richard Dowden
I am glad the Kenyans caught up in the Mau Mau rebellion in the 1950s have finally got compensation from the UK Government for being tortured. ... -
In Libya anarchy reigns and international engagement is sorely needed – By Jason Pack
May 2013 was just another humdrum month in Libya. It witnessed more deadly explosions, a prolonged siege of government ministries, the disappearance of a popular militia ... -
On Darfur and the death of Mohammad Bashar – By Aly Verjee
The second honeymoon of Darfur’s Doha peace process lasted just over a month. On April 6, Mohammad Bashar, leader of the Justice and Equality Movement-Sudan (hence ... -
Congo: Pygmy women leader and environmental activist appointed minister in South Kivu – By Kris Berwouts
Cabinet reshuffle On June 5th, Governor Marcellin Chisambo announced a reshuffle of the government of the Congolese province of South Kivu. Three weeks ago, three ministers ...
