Yearly Archives: 2015
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Liberating African Economic History from the Tyranny of Econometrics – By Alex de Waal
Morten Jerven, Africa: Why Economists Get it Wrong, London, Zed, 2015 There is a longstanding joke about Sudanese statistics: 87.7% of official figures are made up ... -
Understanding Musa Hilal and Mohamed Hamdan “Hametti” in Sudanese politics – By Hamdan Goumaa
The current regime in Sudan under the National Congress Party (NCP) has managed to survive, in part, by manipulating ethnic and other interest groups to gain ... -
REVIEW Boko Haram: Nigeria’s Islamist Insurgency – By Virginia Comolli
Virginia Comolli, Boko Haram: Nigeria’s Islamist Insurgency, London: Hurst and Co, 2015, pp 239 inc. index, £20. Reviewed by Keith Somerville “Nigerian civilians find themselves stuck ... -
Is Burundi’s electoral process fatally flawed? – By Lorraine Nkengurutse
Last month Burundi was plunged in the worst political crisis since the end of the civil war. Elections were held in 2005 and 2010 and whilst ... -
From Burundi to Nigeria: Power to the people in Africa? – By Simon Freemantle
Last month Zedi Feruzi, the leader of the opposition party United for Peace and Development (UPD) in Burundi, was gunned down in the streets of the ... -
Why IGAD’ s new South Sudan peace proposal is problematic – By Brian Adeba
The newly unveiled IGAD proposal to resolve South Sudan’s crisis has not been warmly received – both the rebels and the government appear to have rejected ... -
How will Tanzania fair under the Sustainable Development Goals? – By Sarah Hermitage
This year UN member states will finalise the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which will replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) established in 2000. Section 16.6 of ... -
Nigeria’s Bureau of Statistics is changing the narrative around the economy – By Joachim MacEbong
Most people agree that there needs to be much more data on the Nigerian economy and society and that this data needs to be more accessible. ... -
What if South Africa Arrests al Bashir? – By Alex de Waal
Precisely seven years ago, Making Sense of Sudan ran a vigorous debate on the question, “What if Ocampo indicts Bashir?” (The list of postings can be ... -
In a World Obsessed with Passport Tiers, Citizenship Is Personal and Political – By Robtel Neajai Pailey
Late last week, I was informed that I would not be able to travel to Dubai for an important meeting scheduled months ago. Like other countries ...
