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Tax havens and Africa: Will the G8 deal with the real issue? – By Richard Dowden
If you hadn’t noticed it is the United Kingdom’s turn to host the G8 again. Not as important these days as the G20 but, as a ... -
Waiting for Blue Helmets? Prospects for a UN Mission to Mali – By Isaline Bergamaschi
International actors have dealt with the crisis in Mali in many ways. In a recent brief, Lori-Anne Théroux-Bénoni (Institute of Security Studies Dakar) listed its four ... -
Review: Africa and the War on Drugs – By Matthew Herbert
A review of the most recent book in the African Arguments series. Previously published by our partners the World Peace Foundation. It is devilishly difficult to ... -
Chad plays politics over costly Mali deployment – By Celeste Hicks
President Deby of Chad’s announcement earlier this week that he was planning to withdraw his troops from northern Mali came as a surprise to many, but ... -
The Africa Business Briefing, March/April 2013: Brics Special/Kenya de-risking and the Africa bubble – By Desné Masie
Q2: March – April 2013 Desné Masie This is the second edition of our Africa Business Briefing, which will be published monthly, with business and economics ... -
Resurrecting the popular consultations: a way forward for South Kordofan and Blue Nile? – By Aly Verjee
I would guess Omar al-Bashir gives more speeches than vice-president Ali Osman Taha, but I usually find the latter’s statements provide more insight into the thinking ... -
Internal political shifts in Rwanda triggered by returning diaspora politicians – By Esther Marijnen
Former Rwandan Prime Minister Faustin Twagiramungu and Gérard Karangwa Semushi announce their return to Kigali to run for presidential elections in 2017. Developments related to the ... -
Is the International Criminal Court really picking on Africa? – By Stephen A. Lamony
Many observers and critics of the International Criminal Court (ICC) argue that the Court has focused entirely on Africa and needs to expand its investigations to ... -
Africa’s fuel subsidies: Grasping the nettle – By Adam Robert Green
Faced with a rising food and fuel import bill, numerous African governments are reviewing their energy subsidy schemes. Between the end of 2003 and mid-2008, nominal ... -
Why has support for the MDC plummeted so much? – By Simukai Tinhu
Fourteen years ago, Zimbabwe’s main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) launched itself onto Zimbabwe’s political scene with great local and international fanfare. The ...
