Yearly Archives: 2015
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Beware the Green Revolution
Many government and agencies see India’s 1960s Green Revolution as a great success that Africa should emulate. The soaring suicide rate amongst India’s farmers tells a different story. The ... -
Splitting South Sudan into 28 states: right move, wrong time?
South Sudan’s fragile peace deal is already under heavy pressure. President Kiir’s decision to carve the country into 28 new states puts it under even more. President Salva Kiir’s ... -
Nigeria: Buhari’s government begins to take shape, but it’s not over yet
After a four month wait for the ministerial list, Nigerians can breathe a sigh of relief. However, with the vetting process on the way and political rivalries ... -
Wangari Maathai was not a good woman. Kenya needs more of them.
That Kenya still doesn’t know what to do with the legacy of Wangari Maathai says more about a country at war with itself than it does about ... -
How and why term limits matter
Opponents say term limits restrict democratic choice. The reality is they level the playing field. On 15 September, over a thousand protesters gathered in Kinshasa to ... -
Tanzania cannot be allowed to be the new front for state-led Islamophobia
The ruling CCM party has a record of dismissing opposition in Zanzibar as “Islamist”. With tight elections on the horizon, this divisive rhetoric has been turned up. ... -
AAP#1: Electoral Politics in the DR Congo with Jason Stearns
What next for President Joseph Kabila of the DRC? Photograph by GCIS. In this podcast, Jason Stearns joins us to talk about electoral politics in the ... -
African Political Thought, Part 1: Race and Romanticism
Part 1 of this new online course introduces you to the writings of W.E.B. Du Bois, the Pan-African Congress, Leopold Senghor’s notion of “˜negritude’, and much more. Over ... -
Just when Kenya’s military needs more civilian oversight, a proposed bill calls for less
If the government’s KDF Amendment Bill goes through as planned, Parliament will effectively lose its constitutional oversight of the army. Amidst a growing sense of insecurity in ... -
Congo’s Katanga Governor Moïse Katumbi leaves ruling party, breaks silence
Katanga’s popular governor Moïse Katumbi could be the one politician able to mobilise enough votes across the DRC to challenge President Kabila. After a long silence, ...
