Yearly Archives: 2015
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It’s the Politics, Stupid – By Richard Dowden
This article was published in The Times on July 28th President Obama’s message to Africa’s rulers at the African Union in Addis Ababa today will encourage ... -
Nigeria and the US press the reset button on relations – By Lagun Akinloye
The four day official visit to the United States embarked upon by President Muhammadu Buhari drew to a close last Wednesday as he arrived back in ... -
Audio: South Sudan’s Bishop Emeritus Paride Taban
Bishop Emeritus Paride Taban is perhaps South Sudan’s most respected peace campaigner. On July 21st 2015, the Royal African Society hosted a discussion with the Bishop ... -
President Obama: Tear Down the Wall Between Eritrea and Ethiopia – By Daniel Ogbaharya
President Obama is in the midst of a historic visit, having travelled to his ancestral homeland, Kenya, where his father hails from, and now Ethiopia — ... -
No longer at ease: clouds on the horizon for Botswana’s conservation success story – By Keith Somerville
Without belabouring the Chinua Achebe motif, Botswana’s conservation community is less at ease than it is used to being but the country is still far from ... -
Regionalisation, Israeli Support and the Anyanya in South Sudan – Book Review by Brian Adeba
Review of: Monani Alison Magaya, The Anyanya Movement in South Sudan, Focusing on Western Equatoria, 1962-1972, Marianum Press Ltd, Kisubi, Uganda, 2015 In a tale all too ... -
Why Nigeria Should Think of itself as Central African – By Muktar Usman-Janguza
The ‘concentric circle‘ model which frames how Nigeria’s foreign policy thinkers view our region places the country exclusively in West Africa. Consequently West Africa has traditionally been ... -
The Political crisis leaves Burundi on the Brink of Economic Collapse – By Lorraine Nkengurutse
Economic activities have been effectively paralysed in Bujumbura as well as in other parts of the country since demonstrations against president Pierre Nkurunziza started. Violent protests ... -
Springtimes of the People in Sudan – Book Review by Alex de Waal
Review of: W. J. Berridge, Civil Uprisings in Modern Sudan: The “˜Khartoum Springs’ of 1964 and 1985. London: Bloomsbury, 2015. The first two Arab dictators to ... -
Bashir’s Autocratic Regime is Fighting for its Survival – By Hamid E. Ali and Ahmed Hussain Adam
Omar al Bashir’s autocracy is unwinding faster than any observer can predict. The recent diplomatic fiasco over the International Criminal Court’s arrest warrants in South Africa clearly demonstrate ...
