Yearly Archives: 2014
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South Sudan’s leaders have learnt nothing from 50 years of independence in Africa – By Richard Dowden
Its birth was Caesarean, sliced out of the Republic of Sudan by American surgeons. Reacting to an extraordinary coalition of African Americans and right wing Christian ... -
Puntland’s Presidential Poll: election of Gaas likely to strengthen moves towards federalism – By Dominik Balthasar
The third presidential election in Somalia’s semi-autonomous state of Puntland has brought about a change in leadership that might help enhance stability in the Horn of ... -
DRC: December’s attacks show post-M23 domestic incohesion abounds – By Alex Ntung
On 29th December 2013, a group of assailants launched what appeared to be a series of coordinated attacks on the DRC’s state television channel, the capital ... -
Mamphela Ramphele: “the ANC gives people food parcels, Agang builds citizens” – By Magnus Taylor
Mamphela Ramphele, leader of the “˜Agang’ political platform in South Africa, arrived in London this week with the intention of wooing business and the diaspora. Whether ... -
Remembering Komla Dumor – By Dele Fatunla
We, at the Royal African Society are very saddened to learn of the passing of journalist, Komla Dumor who died suddenly on Saturday 18th January; we extend ... -
Nigerians in Gao: was Boko Haram really active in Northern Mali? – By Jacob Zenn
Around two years ago, in April 2012, curious news emerged from the city of Gao, which, along with Timbuktu and Kidal, comprised the short-lived “Islamic State ... -
Bringing Eritrea in from the cold: we need to un-break the US-Ethiopia-Eritrea triangle – Awet T. Weldemichael
In a span of a month, three towering figures – if retired – in American foreign policy establishment on Africa publicly called for an end to ... -
France, Chad, Gaddafi and the CAR: years of meddling should not be ignored now – By Keith Somerville
Speaking at a United Nations event marking 20 years since the Rwandan genocide, France’s ambassador to the UN, Gerard Araud, said his government had seriously underestimated ... -
Extrajudicial Killings in Kenya: The Easier Route – By Hassan M. Abukar
On December 20th, the head of Kenya’s National Police Service issued a report about the country’s 2013 crime rate. The good news was that crime rates ... -
Morocco trials a “˜radically new’ politics of migration for sub-Saharan Africans – By Sebastien Bachelet
2014 could be the year that significant advancements are made in the way that Morocco treats “˜irregular migrants’ within its borders. After last year’s events, which ...
