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DRC/ North Kivu: Waiting for the intervention brigade – By Kris Berwouts
M23 withdrew from Goma in the first days of December 2012. In the days and weeks after their retreat, several international initiatives were launched which eventually ... -
Tunisian Civil Society needs transparent, efficient help from Europe – By Mourad Teyeb
The European support to Tunisia should not turn into empowering the very people and groups against whom Tunisians revolted in 2011. The European Union (EU) is ... -
THIN-SKINNED QUARRELS: MONUSCO AND HUMANITARIAN ACTION IN THE CONGO – By Christoph Vogel
Last week, medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontií¨res (MSF/Doctors Without Borders) published an op-ed in Congolese newspapers, underlining the need for humanitarian actors to operate in line ... -
China’s Non-Interference Policy and Growing African Concerns – By Alula A. Iyasu
In October 2012, the Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS) held a China-Africa Forum in Bishoftu, Ethiopia. The event was perhaps the first of its ... -
Why African Women Bleach & The Golden Niche of Marketing – By Bright Simons
“Bleaching” is the preferred term in many parts of Africa for the use of cosmetics that lighten the tone of the skin. In 2011, the German ... -
Below the radar: How human rights abuses are being ignored in Tanzania – By Sarah Hermitage
In 2005 Jakaya Kikwete came to power as President of Tanzania on the back of anti-corruption rhetoric and assurances of good governance. Under his on-going presidency, ... -
REVIEW: The great African land grab? Agricultural investments and the global food system – Robin Palmer
In an African Arguments brief in January 2011, I wondered “˜why, given that the long term impact of global land grabbing on many African rural communities ... -
Good neighbours? Rwanda’s strategies to defend its interests in Congo – By Kris Berwouts
Central Africa has been shaped by complex regional dynamics, through which local cleavages and national conflicts have spilled over national borders. Each country in the region ... -
Are Zimbabwe’s Relations with the West Warming as Elections Approach? – By Simukai Tinhu
When President Mugabe unilaterally announced that Zimbabwe’s general election would be held on the 31st July this year, this seemingly provocative action was met with unusual ... -
Britain and Africa: time to put the politics back in – By Julia Gallagher
Chris Mullin has accused me of “˜over-analysing’ Britain’s approach to Africa in his review of my book. I don’t disagree with him when he suggests that ...
