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Should access to the internet be a human right? – By Doreen Akiyo Yomoah
Internet access was officially declared a right by the UN in 2011, eight years after the World Summit Information Society first met in 2003. Among their ... -
Kenya needs a comprehensive exit plan in Somalia – By Abdullahi Boru Halakhe
Kenya’s intervention in Somalia in October 2011 came as a surprise to many Horn of Africa observers. According to the Kenyan government, the raison d’íªtre for ... -
“Chad not looking for international credit over Mali intervention” says country’s Foreign Minister – By Magnus Taylor
Moussa Faki, the Foreign Minister of Chad, has stated that his government was “not looking for [any] recognition or credit” for its role in the military ... -
Kenya: Is ICC withdrawal down to court’s “lack of respect” for Kenyan cooperation and trial relocation requests? – By Sabine Hoehn
On Thursday last week Kenyan parliamentarians voted to withdraw from the Rome Statute that established the International Criminal Court (ICC). This is the first time that ... -
Alcinda Honwana’s ‘Youth and Revolution in Tunisia’ – Reviewed by George Joffé
The Arab Spring, or as its participants prefer, the Arab Awakening, has begun to generate a spate of analysis and comment from within the academic community. ... -
Eastern Congo’s recent troubles: who pulls the strings, what is at stake, and why do things happen? – By Christophe Vogel
Considered an overview, this piece combines a wide range of events, observations, and consequent thoughts on the current situation in the eastern DRC. Focussing on M23 ... -
South Africa, now for the Good News: stock exchange ranked #1 in regulation of securities exchanges – By Desné Masie
After a year of bearish commentary on South Africa’s economy, following waves of industrial strike action and negative ratings outlook on its sovereign debt, it’s great ... -
Kiir sheds close friends for better relations with Khartoum – By Stephen Arrno
September 3rd could turn out to be a make or break day for the relations between Sudan and South Sudan. The September 3rd Khartoum summit was ... -
Africa Emerges – but from what and into what? A triumph of hope over experience in Robert Rotberg’s new assessment of the continent – By Keith Somerville
Robert Rotberg, Africa Emerges Consummate Challenges, Abundant Opportunities, Cambridge, Polity, 2013. ISBN-13: 978-0-456-6163-6 (pbk), £17.99. “Propelled to some extent by significant drivers of economic uplift such ... -
Why William Ruto must go to The Hague for his own trial – Eugí¨ne Bakama Bope
With the trial slated to start in mere weeks, those following Kenya’s Deputy President William Ruto’s case before the International Criminal Court anxiously await a crucial ...
