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Pipe-dreaming over oil in South Sudan – By Luke Patey
Across South Sudan demonstrations have been held in support of President Salva Kiir’s decision to shutdown its 350,000-barrel daily oil production. This came after Sudan’s confiscation ... -
The contest over peace and security in Africa – By Alex de Waal
The dominant interventionist approach to peace and security in Africa by-passes the hard work of creating domestic political consensus and instead imposes models of government favoured ... -
Fighting poverty in South Africa: the NDP, ANC and a political Big Beast – By Desné Masie
Over the years, the South African government has released a plethora of strategies and initiatives in its post-apartheid policy reforms. Many of these recommendations and programmes ... -
RAS/African Arguments Conference: DR Congo: Beyond the 2011 elections
DR Congo: Beyond the 2011 elections Date/Time: February 14th – Panel 1: 16:00 – 17:30 -Panel 2: 18:00 – 19:30 Venue: School of Oriental and African ... -
Sub-Saharan Oil and Gas 2012: a Business Africa guide – By Rolake Akinkugbe, Ecobank Capital
If 2011 was a record year for elections in Africa, it was also the year frontier exploration for oil and gas came of age. Global crude ... -
Getting Somalia Wrong? – Signs of hope in a shattered state – a realistic but empathetic analysis – review by Keith Somerville
It’s always been hard to find a framework for analyzing Somalia. It has one of the most ethnically homogenous populations in Africa – Somalis share the ... -
Sexuality, Identity and LGBT Rights in Liberia: Illegal and Invisible – By Stephanie C. Horton
Clearly, in times of chaos and anarchy, the vulnerable and powerless are always attacked. It’s a short step from there during a fragile peace to judgments ... -
South Africa: Parastatals and the private sector – By Jolyon Ford, Oxford Analytica
In mid-January while much of the country’s business community was still on or returning from summer holidays, Fitch Ratings revised its outlook for South Africa’s credit ... -
South Sudan’s Doomsday Machine – By Alex de Waal
The below op-ed contribution was published online by the International Herald Tribune–Global Opinion, on January 24, 2012. South Sudan was born as an independent nation on ... -
Oil: Sierra Leone calling all Takers – By Nana Ampofo, Songhai Advisory
Interest in West African oil acreage has steadily increased in recent years and governments along the Gulf of Guinea have sought to benefit. Sierra Leone is ...
