Yearly Archives: 2015
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Borno State, Boko Haram and the Cycle of Human Tragedy – By Ahmad Salkida
There is a perfect picture of life’s most brutish menu on display in north-east Nigeria, particularly, Borno State. It is a cycle of human tragedy. The ... -
Attacks in Beni, Congo: Behind the Violence – By Fidel Bafilemba and Jasper Kubasek
Since October 2014, communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s northeastern Beni territory have been terrorized by brutal killings that have claimed about 300 civilian lives. ... -
Mugabe is a symbol of what African leaders really want: Immortality – By Patience Akumu
It is easy to dismiss the stalwart, albeit slumping, figure of 90-year-old Zimbabwean president, Robert Mugabe, as a reminder of all that has gone wrong with ... -
Nigeria Forum: Don’t Forget the Governors – By Joachim MacEbong
The presidential election which, despite the much-discussed postponement, we will assume is taking place in a few weeks’ time understandably dominates the local and international headlines, ... -
Ongwen and the ICC: talking justice in Uganda – By Lucy Hovil
The relationship between the International Criminal Court (ICC) and African civil society is certainly an interesting one. On the one hand, the proliferation of conflict on ... -
Elections 2015: Sudan’s opposition makes the wrong choice, again – By Muhammad Osman
On February 4, 2015 the mainstream opposition coalition in Sudan, the National Consensus Forces (NCF), launched a campaign for what it called the “effective boycott” of ... -
Africa Cup of Nations 2015: the show must go on – By Taimour Lay
Bata, Equatorial Guinea – The continent’s showpiece football tournament, which ended with Ivory Coast taking the trophy on Sunday night after a penalty shoot-out win over ... -
Elections postponed. Nigeria on the brink – again. – By Richard Dowden
Suddenly North-East Nigeria has become important to President Goodluck Jonathan’s government. It has provided an excuse to postpone the elections from February 14th to March 28th. ... -
Nigeria Forum: In the event of a Buhari win – By Tolu Ogunlesi
In one yet-to-be-released poll, the two leading contenders in Nigeria’s February 14 presidential elections – Mohammadu Buhari and Goodluck Jonathan – are “running neck-to-neck.” In another ... -
No Peace, No Justice: How the African Union is failing South Sudan – By David K. Deng
On the evening of 29 January, African heads of state gathered in Addis Ababa for a meeting of the African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC). ...
