Yearly Archives: 2015
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Remembering Professor Said Samatar – By Richard Dowden
Said Samatar, who died last week, explained Somalia. A brilliant scholar he used words like swords and clubs wielded with speed and skill to skewer or ... -
Regional military cooperation must improve to defeat Boko Haram – By Ahmad Salkida
In February 2015 the African Union authorized the mobilization of a multinational force drawn from Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria to tackle Boko Haram in ... -
Somalis debate the ideal political system for clans – Liban Ahmad
The debate over which political system is best suited for Somalia has entered a new phase. Twenty years ago the EU commissioned a study of the ... -
South Sudan’s peace talks trapped in semi-permanent coma – By James Copnall
Another round of fruitless talks, another failure to agree, another painful disappointment for the millions desperate for peace: the news from Addis Ababa at the end ... -
‘African Culture’ is the biggest threat to the women’s rights movement – By Patience Akumu
It is prestigious to speak in defense of women’s rights. It is even more prestigious if the women whose rights you are speaking for are poor, ... -
Zimbabwe: still waving and drowning – By Richard Dowden
I may have been wrong about the end of President Robert Mugabe. I assumed that nothing in Zimbabwe would change until he was carried feet first ... -
Buhari’s popularity is a clear and present danger to the PDP – By Ejiro Barrett
When Sule Lamido – the Governor of Nigeria’s northwestern state of Jigawa – warned that “the fear of General Muhammadu Buhari”, the presidential flag bearer for ... -
PREVIEW: ‘Africa Uprising: Political Walking in Uganda’ – By Adam Branch and Zachariah Mampilly
This is a preview excerpt from ‘Africa Uprising: Popular Protest and Political Change’, recently published by Zed Books in the ‘African Arguments’ series. For more books ... -
Tanzania: Is CCM Paving the Presidential Way for Pinda? – By Chambi Chachage
When January Makamba, one of the presidential hopefuls in Tanzania, launched an apparent campaign book, a leading professor asked: “Doesn’t this amount to the breach of ... -
Nigeria’s election consumed by propaganda and doubt – By Idayat Hassan
As the day of Nigeria’s rescheduled elections approaches, tension continues to pervade the polity. Vitriol pours into the air from partisan political actors and everyday even ...
