Yearly Archives: 2014
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Have Morten Jerven and Pali Lehohla made up over “˜Poor Numbers’? – By Magnus Taylor
Last year African Arguments broke a story that the economist Morten Jerven was being prevented from speaking at the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) ... -
Is Morgan Tsvangirai going to be deposed as MDC leader? – By Simukai Tinhu
Following defeat in the July 2013 elections, Roy Bennett, the treasurer general of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), made a direct call for the opposition ... -
Somalia’s Parallel Armies – By Liban Ahmad
We have read recently that Somalia has a National Army, but is that really the case? Upon closer scrutiny one realises that Somalia has parallel armies ... -
The Democratic Republic of Congo
About the Author Michael Deibert is an author and journalist. Michael’s writing has appeared in the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, the Guardian, the Miami Herald, ... -
Sexual & Social Justice In Africa
About the Author Marc Epprecht is a professor in the Department of Global Development Studies at Queen’s University, Canada. He has consulted and published extensively on the ... -
Choosing to be a Dinka: selecting ethnicity remains an elite privilege
“Yin acÉ”l?” means “˜What is your name?’ in Dinka. They say that in Juba in December 2013 people were asked this question. If you could not ... -
Incompetent, under-resourced and uninformed – the international response to crisis in the CAR
Earlier this week I interviewed Donatella Rovera, Amnesty International’s senior investigator in crisis response. She has just returned from a week in the Central African Republic ... -
Niger’s consciousness awakening over national resources – By Celeste Hicks
“We’re seeing a real awakening of people’s consciousness on this issue; something is happening” says Boubacar Soumane, communications manager for EITI (Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative) Niger. ... -
Somali military has more problems than lack of guns – By Mohamed Mubarak
Last week, a leaked UN report detailed a “systematic” proliferation of arms by the Somali government. However, the UN Security Council is expected to extend the ... -
Youth & Revolution In Tunisia
About the Author Alcinda Honwana is visiting professor of anthropology and international development at the Open University (UK). She was chair in international development at the Open ...
