Yearly Archives: 2013
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Diaspora Media: Africa’s missing link with its Diaspora – By Dr Ola Ogunyemi
The brain drain Africa suffered since the double waves of decolonisation and structural adjustment did not only impact negatively on political and economic developments, but also ... -
Mali: dragging the west back in to the War on Terror – By Magnus Taylor
A few weeks ago, most British journalists, politicians and foreign policy watchers would have had difficulty accurately positioning Mali on the map or naming its capital ... -
Kenya: Mungiki regroup pre-election in search of political influence – By Jacob Rasmussen
Mungiki was one of the key protagonists in the post-election violence (PEV) of 2008 and has for years been perceived and presented as one of the ... -
Burundi: Aho nataye uruzogi:”Where my umbilical cord dropped off” – Land issues keep possibility of conflict alive – By Kris Berwouts
The civil war in Burundi now lies several years behind us. Since November 2003, when the CNDD-FDD integrated the transitional institutions, the rebels and the regular ... -
Kenya’s election: brave new world or highway to hell? – By Richard Dowden
Everyone is strapped in and the Kenyan election roller coaster has begun. A cacophony of electioneering propaganda is being blasted out through every medium. The political ... -
Wars do End: why conflict in Africa is falling – By Scott Straus
Recent events in Mali, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Sudan seem to confirm one of the most durable stereotypes of ... -
Crisis and Development in the Horn of Africa: two new books on a volatile region – By Magnus Taylor
Crisis in the Horn of Africa: politics, piracy and the threat of terror, Peter Woodward Peter Woodward will be known to many as a long-time historian ... -
Angola: ample reward for investors who do their homework – By Stewart Kelly
Talk to officials from the Angolan foreign investment promotion agency, ANIP, and they will express bafflement that (non-oil-sector) US and UK companies are reluctant to enter ... -
The Future of Sudan: One State or Several? – By Seifulaziz Milas
Sudan’s President, General Ahmed Al-Bashir and South Sudan’s President Silva Kiir met in Addis Ababa on 4th January for talks aimed at resolving their on-going conflict. ... -
I am a self-hating member of the Afro-Diaspora. And Proud.
Another day, another “˜Africa rising’ type e-zine pings its way into my inbox. Just as my mouse picks it up and places it in its proper ...
