Author: websolve
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Nigeria election blog II – Dowden in Africa
I am woken by a frantic voice blaring from a coarse loudspeaker, demanding, pleading, insisting. The voice rises to a hysterical shriek, then breaks into slow ... -
The African Renaissance and the long Arab spring
The Egyptian "youth revolution" has been compared to innumerable historical instances ranging from France's 1789, to Russia's 1991, Berlin's 1989, via Iran's 1979 and the more ... -
Cote d’Ivoire and Ouattarra
The man Ivorian Presidents love to hate By Daniel Balint-Kurti Ivory Coast, the one-time poster boy of West Africa, has seen its long-drawn-out crisis deepen since ... -
The African Union – compromised from all sides
What is going on with the African Union? Is its drifting away from the bold values declared in its Constitutive Act, meant to signal a definitive ... -
Southern Libya’s Vortex and the Threat to Africa
One reason why Africans worry about Libya is that they see the possibility of a protracted civil war with multiple power centres, which destabilizes the entire ... -
Uganda, Rwanda and South Sudan’s post liberation instability
Is East Africa slowly democratizing, or about to turn back the clock and slide into political violence again? -
North Africa Political Change – An RAS Guide
Tunisia and the ousting of Ben Ali came first – beginning in December 2010 and reaching a high-point when the President stepped down in January 2011. -
Homosexuality and the battle for Africa’s soul
By Mark Gevisser* – 07/03/2011 This piece was first published in the Mail and Guardian in June 2010 “These boys committed a crime against our culture, ... -
Somalia: failure of international community not yet acknowledged
Throughout the last week of February, several important military operations took place in Somalia - Mogadishu, Hiiraan and Gedo - against al-Shabaab. Militia supported by Ethiopia, ... -
Libya: the internal dynamics of collapse
The Qadhafi regime in Libya is tottering and is likely to collapse within days, despite its reputation for brutality and intolerance. Its disappearance is all-the-more ...
