Yearly Archives: 2013
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Is all well in the teak forests of South Sudan? – By Aly Verjee
Think of tropical hard wood – ebony, mahogany, teak – and you probably don’t think of South Sudan. One of the country’s lesser-known natural resource superlatives ... -
African Commission Silent on Detention of Lord’s Resistance Army Commander Thomas Kwoyelo – By Stephen A. Lamony
A decision by the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights (ACHPR) on whether it would hear a petition to have Lord’s Resistance Army Commander Thomas ... -
Mali: Listening without Drones – By Gregory Mann and Bruce Whitehouse
Recent and still unconfirmed reports of the killings of top leaders of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb underscore tangible advances made by French and African ... -
Kenya 2013: the power of nightmares – By Magnus Taylor
After 5 days of waiting – first queuing to vote, then watching for results – it slowly became apparent that Uhuru Kenyatta (Son of the Father ... -
Five simple points to take away from the 2013 Kenyan Elections – By Jeffrey Paller
Politics is more than elections A few hours before an official winner was declared in Kenya’s election, New York Times correspondent Jeffrey Gettleman tweeted: “Raila REJECTS ... -
Women as Leaders? Power, Participation and Progress in the 21st Century? – By Dele Meiji Fatunla
Today is International Women’s Day and the beginning of a month-long emphasis on the lives of women and the challenges and opportunities they face in the ... -
Kenya 2013: CORD begins to show the strain – By Magnus Taylor
Nairobi, Thurs 7th March, 8.54pm We don’t know who’s going to win Kenya’s Presidential election 3 days after voting took place. The results from around the ... -
Understanding Kenya’s rejected ballots – By Aly Verjee
Kenya’s future now turns on the technicalities of electoral law. As Katrina Manson of the Financial Times and Jason Straziuso and Rodney Muhumza of the Associated ... -
Technical problems threatening to spoil Kenya’s smooth election process – By Solomon Ayele Dersso
Kenya too much of the lessons of 2007/2008 to heart. First, the institutions and processes for conducting the election were thoroughly followed to deliver a free ... -
Kenya 2013: of watching and waiting at Bomas and Westlands – By Magnus Taylor
Bomas of Kenya has, for the last 2 days, been the official location of Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission for its coordination and announcement of ...
