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Who rules South Africa? The threat from “˜democracy lite’ – By Martin Plaut
Martin Plaut is co-author with Paul Holden of: “˜Who rules South Africa?’ published by Biteback Publishing. The African National Congress (ANC) has just concluded its policy ... -
Kagame and Congo: how long can he deny Rwandan involvement in the East? – By Richard Dowden
Questioned last week on the BBC’s Hardtalk about the connection between Rwanda and the M23 rebel movement in eastern Congo, President Paul Kagame denied all involvement. ... -
Crisis in the Sahel: after Mali what next? – By Ahmedou ould Abdallah, Centre4s
Over the last few years a crisis has been brewing in the whole of the Sahel, not only in Mali. All the ingredients for an explosion ... -
Africa in the News: Kagame denies Rwandan involvement with M23
Below is the weekly Africa news update available for members of the Royal African Society. To find out about getting Africa in the News delivered to ... -
A civil society deferred: the tertiary grip of violence in the Sudan – reviewed for Chatham House
Review by Aly Verjee – Rift Valley Institute – previously published by Chatham House here (p.664). A debate on the book was also published on Making ... -
Forgotten Darfur: Old Tactics and New Players – by Claudio Gramizzi and Jérí´me Tubiana – NEW REPORT
Available for download at http://smallarmssurveysudan.org/pdfs/HSBA-SWP-28-Forgotten-Darfur.pdf Amid claims of declining violence and wider regional transformations, the Darfur conflict has all but vanished from the international agenda since ... -
Niger: President Issoufou’s Crazy Neighborhood – By Michael Keating
Listening to Niger’s President Mahamadou Issofou’s recent interview on Al Jazeera one comes away with the impression that everything in Niger is fine except for the ... -
Ghana: economic nationalism through petty trading laws – By Kissy Agyeman-Togobo, Songhai Advisory
The day after Ghana commemorated its 52nd anniversary since independence, not everyone was in a celebratory mood, especially not the Nigerian trading community. Ghana’s Minister for ... -
DRC: Fizi to Goma via Bukavu (then Kinshasa) – Kris Berwouts goes on the road in Congo
I spent the last twenty days of June in the Congo. Most of that time, I visited people and communities at grass root level. In brief, ... -
Does the Diaspora need its own small business fund? – Dele Meiji Fatunla
Whether it’s small restaurants, import-export business or a mom and pop corner shop, immigrants and Diasporas have a knack for running businesses, often out of necessity, ...
