Yearly Archives: 2014
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Kenya: terrorism and graft, debt and credit – By Edward Clay
Uproar followed the news on 16 May that British tourists were being shipped home from Mombasa on security advice. Tourists, inconvenienced and disappointed, were sceptical of ... -
REVIEW: Factions, fear and fighters – the story of Angola’s forgotten massacre – By Keith Somerville
Lara Pawson, In the Name of the People: Angola’s Forgotten Massacre, London: I.B.Tauris, 2014. £20. Lara Pawson’s gripping study of the events of 27th May 1977 ... -
Zambia: uneasy truce as Vedanta rolls back retrenchments in mining sector – By Arthur Simuchoba
The London-listed mining company Vedanta Resources Plc which through its subsidiary Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) owns four mines in Zambia is currently fighting on two fronts. ... -
Revolt in the North: Interpreting Boko Haram’s war on western education – By Kirk Ross
Since the start of Boko Haram’s insurgency in Norther Nigeria, no single act of violence committed by the group has succeeded in provoking such an intense ... -
Burundi: political violence a risk, but “˜genocide’ improbable – By Benjamin Chemouni
The political climate in Burundi currently seems to be worsening day-by-day. The most significant recent episode was a high-profile revelation by a leaked UN report that ... -
Goodluck Jonathan preparing to negotiate with Boko Haram for Chibok girls – By Richard Dowden
Despite contradictory messages coming from within the Nigerian government it looks increasingly as if President Goodluck Jonathan has decided on negotiation with Boko Haram to secure ... -
A LETTER TO THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL: The Chibok Abduction and Nigeria’s Crisis of Protection
Dear Secretary General, We are writing this open letter as members of the Nigeria Security Network, a new collaborative group dedicated to promoting research and analysis ... -
Malawi 2014: Vice President’s defection is another headache for Banda – By Frank Jomo
On May 8, eleven days before Malawi goes to the polls to elect a new president, the country’s VP Khumbo Kachali announced he was quitting the ... -
South Sudan: Kith, Kin and Peace Agreements – By Carol Berger
An important, as yet unanswered, question casts a heavy shadow over the Friday signing of an agreement in Addis Ababa to stop hostilities within South Sudan. ... -
In the CAR, Joseph Zindeko and the Seleka are here to stay – By Louisa Lombard
Years before he took up arms as a rebel, the new military chief of the Seleka rebel alliance, Joseph Zindeko, was shot in the knee (the ...
