Yearly Archives: 2014
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Good news for remittance-makers to Africa – By Richard Dowden
Very good news on Wednesday when Barclays Bank agreed to give Dahabshiil, the Somali remittance company, sufficient time to find another way of transferring money from ... -
Beyond greed or grievance: understanding conflict in resource-rich states – By Christoph Vogel and Joschka Havenith
Diamonds and Rubber in Sierra Leone, oil in Angola and Sudan, tantalum and gold in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, copper in Zambia – the ... -
South Sudan: bad news for Beijing as Machar attacks oil fields – By Tim Steinecke
The current conflict in South Sudan has now lasted nearly half a year, killing thousands and displacing hundreds of thousands of South Sudanese. Oil, South Sudan’s ... -
Mogadishu security declines as armed forces stretched outside capital – By Mohamed Mubarak
In March, the AU and the Somali National Army (SNA) launched their long-awaited offensive against Al-Shabaab. As was expected, Al-Shabaab withdrew from most areas without putting ... -
What should we learn from West Africa’s Ebola outbreak? – By MG Zimeta
The recent outbreak of Ebola virus in West Africa has captured international public attention that seems disproportionate to the scale of the outbreak itself. This is ... -
Tanzanian constitutional review proposes radical changes to citizenship law – By Bronwen Manby
Tanzania is just starting a major debate on a new constitution for the country, to replace the version adopted in 1977. Among the many reforms proposed ... -
REVIEW: “˜The New Kings of Crude’ – fight for oil in the Sudans
Review of Luke Patey, The New Kings of Crude: China, India, and the Global Struggle for Oil in Sudan and South Sudan, London: Hurst and Company, ... -
Central African Republic; where the state has disappeared and violence reigns – By Koert Lindijer
Koert Lindijer is an award-winning journalist with the Dutch daily NRC-Handelsblad. His articles are not usually widely read in English, but we thought the Anglophone world ... -
Zambia: Sata’s constitutional tricks risk electoral backlash – By Arthur Simuchoba
The sudden about turn by the Zambian President Michael Sata on enacting a new constitution has not only eroded his credibility but is galvanizing the kind ... -
Voting patterns on Crimea demonstrate a more confident, independent Africa – By Solomon A. Dersso
In the unfolding crisis surrounding the dispute over Crimea, it would not be totally inaccurate to say that as far as Africa is concerned, this is ...
