Yearly Archives: 2016
-
A red scar on African poetry: Anatomy of a serial plagiarist
Just weeks after winning two prestigious awards on his 29th birthday, globally published Kenyan poet Redscar McOdindo was found to have cheated his way to fame ... -
African Argument of 2016: And the winner is…
From our shortlist of five amazing articles, hundreds of readers have voted for their favourite. In 2016, we had the pleasure of publishing several excellent articles ... -
Sudan protests: Why it’s in the government’s interests to respond with restraint
With protests against price rises for pharmaceuticals and fuel spreading, Khartoum must act carefully to avoid endangering its recent successes. Since early November, a disturbing pattern ... -
Cameroon: bagging it after the plastic ban
After banning plastic bags in 2014, the government started a scheme paying people to collect the discarded waste, with mixed results. After graduating from university in 2010, ... -
As thousands flee South Sudan every day, donors must shell out more than just hollow promises
In Uganda, transit centres are massively over-crowded and rations are thinly stretched. Moreover, unless more support is provided, things will only get worse as more refugees ... -
Shell tries to dodge responsibility for Nigeria oil spills…again
The oil company is back in the UK courts trying to shift the blame for the environmental destruction wrought in the Niger Delta. At a hearing in ... -
Islamic State deepens foothold in Somalia’s Puntland state
A year after a faction of al-Shabaab defected to IS, the group has exploited state disorder to seize a stretch of Somalia’s coast. On 26 October, ... -
Central African Republic: It’s not all about the money
Amidst deepening insecurity, the government is focused on the upcoming Donors Conference. But will more international funding help solve the crisis? Post-election benefits haven’t lasted long ... -
Africa’s least loved leader marches on
DR Congo’s Joseph Kabila has gained some international and domestic support for his plan to stay in power until at least 2018. But some inconvenient truths ... -
How to put the ‘African’ back into African Studies
From 1993 to 2013, the proportion of articles written by Africa-based scholars plummeted in two leading journals. Why? Earlier this year, a new piece of research looking ...
