Yearly Archives: 2014
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Banda and the new broom: the trials and tribulations of a Zambian spin-doctor – By Magnus Taylor
I came across Dickson Jere at a lunch I got a late invite to as a replacement for a much better-known journalist. Still, beggars can’t be ... -
Ruminations at the end of an assignment – Kieran Holmes bids farewell to Burundi
Kieran Holmes is the first Commissioner General of the new Office Burundais des Recettes. As I look out my office window directly above the beautiful Lake ... -
Zimbabwe: one year on ZANU-PF consolidates power, but economy remains in dire straits
One year on from Zimbabwe’s heavily disputed 2013 elections, we asked Simukai Tinhu, a Zimbabwean political analyst (and regular AA contributor) and Nicole Beardsworth, a PhD ... -
One hundred days later and the Chibok girls are still not free – By Debbie Ariyo
Today, 22 July, marks 100 days since the abduction of almost 300 girls by terrorists from their school dormitory in Chibok, North East Nigeria. Since then, ... -
Live from Bangui: Why Inclusive Dialogue Matters in CAR – By Louisa Waugh
Last June, when I first arrived in the Central African Republic (CAR), one of the resident ex-pats suggested I visit “˜Cinq Kilo’ – Bangui’s largest market. ... -
South Sudan draws up ‘War Budget’, but oil production targets unlikely to be reached – By Richard Nield
By the evidence of South Sudan’s budget, presented to parliament in late June, the country’s finance ministry has lost its mind. This time last year, the ... -
Biafra and Boko Haram: Different Conflicts, Common Themes – By Tom Lowman
In late June, at a meeting with the College of Bishops of the African Church, Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan made some interesting comments on the Nigerian ... -
Burundi: CNDD-FDD keeps country under iron grip, but opposition must now participate in politics – By Kris Berwouts
Until quite recently, Burundi seemed like the Central African country with the best record of post-conflict progress. The country achieved majority rule in 2005 after a ... -
Civil Society and the South Sudan Crisis – By Jérí´me Tubiana
The inclusion of civil society in efforts to defuse the South Sudan crisis has so far been fraught. The parties to the conflict (see our recent report South Sudan: ... -
The continuing curse of state fragility in Africa – By Solomon A. Dersso
Despite their legal attributes, in functional terms many African states (constructs of the continent’s encounter with colonial rule) came into being without possessing the requisite qualities ...
