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Liberia: Cautious Optimism Rules – By Songhai Advisory
Songhai Advisory LLP is a bespoke business intelligence consultancy providing critical insight on market opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa. This has been an eventful year for Liberia ... -
The African Union and Libya, on the horns of a dilemma – By Thomas Alberts
Whatever one may think of the AU’s position on Libya, it has been perceived as at odds with the international consensus articulated in the implementation of ... -
Paul Collier: Can Africa harness its resources for development?
Paul Collier speaks with an authoritative and original voice on the economics of African development. He is the author of The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest ... -
Who’s backing Al Shabaab? – Al Qaeda, Eritrea? – By Maddy Fry
The Kenyan government’s decision to invade Somalia was preceded by an ambiguous encounter that received comparatively little coverage. In mid-October, a supposed member of Al-Qaeda, curiously ... -
Gulf of Guinea: Is pirate fishing the cause of piracy and is it becoming the new Somalia? – By Pieter Tesch
Last year London based international maritime organisations such as the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and International Maritime Bureau (IMB) began to sound the alarm about the ... -
African Arguments Editorial: Kenyan incursion into Somalia risks internationalising the conflict
Kenya has sent over 2,000 troops into Somalia to fight the Islamist rebel movement al-Shabaab in the South of the country. The incursion comes as a ... -
Film Africa 2011: Celebrating African Cinema – by Lindiwe Dovey
There has never been greater interest in African film. A half-century after Africans started making their own films, supplanting the patronising images evident in colonial cinema ... -
Cote d’Ivoire: construction and transportation opportunities as post election recovery kicks in – By Songhai Advisory LLP
Songhai Advisory LLP is a bespoke business intelligence consultancy providing critical insight on market opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa. The storm that was Cí´te d’Ivoire’s turbulent ... -
A Review – One Day I Will Write About This Place – By Binyavanga Wainaina
This is How to Write About Africa Binyavanga Wainaina is most famous for How to write about Africa – an essay published by Granta in 2005 ... -
Libya After Gadaffi: 3 Scenarios – By Edward Kannyo
The killing of Moammar Gaddafi at the hands of his enemies, with NATO military assistance, on October 20th, marks a major landmark in the country’s ongoing ...
