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Mali: how bad can it get? – A conversation with Isaie Dougnon, Bruce Hall, Baz Lecocq, Gregory Mann and Bruce Whitehouse
Edited by Baz Lecocq and Gregory Mann, from a conversation on 3 April 2012. From dusk till late evening, you can find small groups of young ... -
Lighting Africa’s development path – By Jacqueline Musiitwa and Omolade Dada
The world in which we live is a chaotic place. The triple trauma of the food, fuel, and financial crisis has wreaked havoc in a number ... -
Somalia: Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys and the politics of the al-Shabaab split – By Abdi Aynte
If a split within the rank and file of Somalia’s al-Shabaab militants was a mere speculation, it has now become a reality, thanks to a lacerating ... -
Okonjo-Iweala: A Diasporan abandoning ship or flying the flag for Africa? – By Dele Meiji Fatunla
There is perhaps no greater totem of the diaspora’s potential to transform Africa than Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. It is no great surprise ... -
An African President of the World Bank is not the Solution, when the Bank itself is the Problem – By Desné Masie
The hegemony and legitimacy of both the World Bank and International Monetary Fund is too-often nonchalantly presumed. Not only has the World Bank failed poor countries, ... -
The Malian Peasantry and the Coup: Hungry for Democracy – By Brandon County and Brian J. Peterson
What does it mean when civil society groups like the Syndicate of Peasants of Mali announce their support for the military junta, and the National Committee ... -
Ngozi for President – By Richard Dowden
I made a mistake recently. When I read that President Obama had nominated Jim Yong Kim to be the next President of the World Bank, I ... -
Macky’s election restores hope to Senegal – By Amy Niang
After months of tension, fuelled by ex-President Abdoulaye Wade’s obstinate bid for a third term, there is a great sigh of relief that Senegal has managed ... -
Mali: the hot season is coming – By Baz Lecocq
It’s the end of March. Iwalan, the hot season, has started in Northern Mali. I’m not talking about politics now, I’m simply talking about temperatures (in ... -
Kenya’s oil, Uganda’s dilemmas – By Angelo Izama
In 2006, she opened her left hand to reveal a jewel. By the Albertine rift, hidden partly in the depths of the lake and within the ...
