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DRC: Peacekeeping and politics – MONUSCO is essential but must re-deploy east – By Marco Jowell
Forthcoming elections in the Congo will be volatile and will not only set the foundations for the domestic political climate but will also dictate international engagement ... -
Nigeria: Jonathan must prove himself against growing tide of discontent – By Ejiro Barrett
Recently, at the ceremony for the conferment of Nigeria’s highest national honours, a shortage of medals for the awardees seemed a most awkward conclusion to an ... -
A Civil Society Deferred: We – the “˜Sudanese’ – have not been Liberated Yet – By Abdullahi Gallab
On July 9, 2011, South Sudan became the world’s newest state. If “all dates are conventional” as Burno Latour says, 2011 and 1821 (the date of ... -
A Civil Society Deferred – failure of the Sudanese nation-state – A debate on a book by Abdullahi Gallab
A debate on Abdullahi Gallab’s A Civil Society Deferred It’s a good time to be writing a book about Sudan. Southern secession has brought the country ... -
Africa and the Eurozone crisis – By Jolyon Ford, Oxford Analytica
The timing of this first contribution to the blog made it seem fitting to go straight to what may be the most topical overall issue for ... -
Tunis: Party time – By Richard Dowden
I spent last weekend in Tunis to attend the Mo Ibrahim Prize ceremony and the attendant conference on agriculture. The $5 million prize is for an ... -
Tuareg, Mali and a post-Gadaffi Sahel: rising risks to oil exploration and mining operations – By Exclusive Analysis Ltd
On 15 October 2011, around 400 Tuaregs who fought for Colonel Gaddafi in Libya returned to Mali’s northeastern region of Kidal. These tribesmen included mercenaries recruited ... -
ICC 6: Kenyan politicians at last face the consequences of their actions – By Daniel Waweru
It has been argued that Kenyans are interested in the ICC trials¹ because it’s the first time any senior Kenyan has been held to account for ... -
Cameroon Elections Analysis: Biya must make reforms to avoid ‘Cameroon Spring’ – By Ajong Mbapndah
As expected, incumbent President Paul Biya of the ruling Cameroons Peoples Democratic Party (CPDM) was proclaimed winner of the October 2011 Presidential elections. Though he and ... -
Liberia: What Happened? – By Michael Keating
Not many people care about what goes on in Liberia but those that do were probably shocked this week by the images of UN Peacekeepers trying ...
