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Mozambique – Can Frelimo remain the predominant party? – By Joe Hanlon
Mozambique seems likely to remain a predominant party state for the foreseeable future. The ruling party Frelimo is still relatively popular and inclusive, while the opposition ... -
John Weeks Reviews: Africa’s Odious Debts (African Arguments) – By Léonce Ndikumana and James K. Boyce
Léonce Ndikumana and James K. Boyce, Africa’s Odious Debts: How foreign loans and capital flight bled a continent (London: Zed Books, 2011) Among the public and ... -
Taylor Trial outcome: Liberian democracy still hampered by constitution – By Colin Waugh
Colin Waugh is the author of “Charles Taylor and Liberia: Ambition and Atrocity in Africa’s Lone Star State“ published next week in the UK by Zed ... -
Sudan: NCP regime is destroying the North says Yasir Arman, Secretary-General, SPLM-North
Yasir Arman is Secretary-General of SPLM-North, and consequently one of the leading opposition politicians in Sudan. Since South Sudan gained independence in July, the SPLM-North has ... -
Sudan’s foreign debt: A Greek Tragedy is Sudan’s Woe – By Ahmed Badawi
John Travolta would feel at home in a corner of Washington D.C. right now: Greece is the word dominating discussions in the corridors of H Street ... -
Michela Wrong – “Nigeria in Transformation” – speech on Nigeria’s 51st Anniversary of Independence
Michela Wrong is the author of 3 books on Africa including It’s our Turn to Eat: the Story of a Kenyan Whistle Blower This is a ... -
Crossing into Libya – Jason Pack survives border bureaucracy and sustainable development consultants
I figured getting to Tripoli for another quick research trip would be significantly easier than the time I went to visit the Iraqi archives in late ... -
TRANSFORMING NIGERIA: “Am I dreaming?” – Richard Dowden addresses the Nigerian President and cabinet on Independence Day
There were moments when I thought this was a dream. It could not be real. Maybe I was being lured to Nigeria as part of some ... -
AFRICAN DEBT: Funny Money and Stolen Lives – By James K. Boyce and Léonce Ndikumana
James K. Boyce and Léonce Ndikumana are the authors of Africa’s Odious Debts: How Foreign Loans and Capital Flight Bled a Continent, forthcoming in October in ... -
Somalia: If you have to starve to death, better to do it in a war-torn country – By Jean-Hervé Bradol
For the past several months, news about food shortages and famines affecting large segments of the East African population have been fuelling donation appeals from major ...
