Yearly Archives: 2013
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Good neighbours? Rwanda’s strategies to defend its interests in Congo – By Kris Berwouts
Central Africa has been shaped by complex regional dynamics, through which local cleavages and national conflicts have spilled over national borders. Each country in the region ... -
Are Zimbabwe’s Relations with the West Warming as Elections Approach? – By Simukai Tinhu
When President Mugabe unilaterally announced that Zimbabwe’s general election would be held on the 31st July this year, this seemingly provocative action was met with unusual ... -
Britain and Africa: time to put the politics back in – By Julia Gallagher
Chris Mullin has accused me of “˜over-analysing’ Britain’s approach to Africa in his review of my book. I don’t disagree with him when he suggests that ... -
Somalia/money transfer: Barclays Decision Threatens Efforts to Build Lasting Peace and Security – By Laura Hammond
A recent decision by Barclays Bank to close the accounts of 250 money transfer organisations working around the world will have a particularly severe effect on ... -
Checking the Africa facts – By Magnus Taylor
What’s the most important question in a journalist’s armoury? Answer: is it true? Peter Cunliffe-Jones, Director of the newly launched Africa Check, tells me that not ... -
Why Tunisia is not Egypt – By Mourad Teyeb
Following recent events in Egypt, in Tunisia there have been some calls, mostly from minor opposition groups and individuals, to rebel against the country’s governing Troika. ... -
REVIEW: Britain and Africa Under Blair: in pursuit of the good state – Reviewed by Chris Mullin
Britain and Africa Under Blair by Julia Gallagher, Manchester University Press, pp 162. Tony Blair famously remarked that the state of Africa was “a scar on ... -
“Haze of silence over Rwandan involvement in DRC” – highlights of the Mid-Term Report of the UN Group of Experts – By Kris Berwouts
Bosco’s exit The Mid-Term Report of the sometimes controversial UN Group of Experts focuses on the major events of the conflict in eastern Congo since the ... -
Private equity: Bringing development capital to Africa? – By Adam Green
Africa’s private equity industry has been gaining ground. Last year, despite difficult global economic circumstances, deal value reached $1.1bn with East Africa taking the lion’s share. ... -
Inga III: the giant is awakening – By Franí§ois Misser
Within slightly more than two years, construction work for a third dam and hydropower station should start at the Inga falls on the Congo river in ...
