African Arguments
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Zimbabwe: why Kasukuwere cannot beat Mnangagwa to the post-Mugabe succession – By Simukai Tinhu
Saviour Kasukuwere has become something of a permanent fixture in President Mugabe’s government. The youthful minister, who has risen rapidly through the ranks, and ... -
Blessed rain and old faces: Pa’gan Amum’s return to the SPLM – By James Copnall in Juba
President Salva Kiir watched, motionless, as Pa’gan Amum was sworn in, and then the two men shook hands as the cameras flashed, before ululations ... -
Liberating African Economic History from the Tyranny of Econometrics – By Alex de Waal
Morten Jerven, Africa: Why Economists Get it Wrong, London, Zed, 2015 There is a longstanding joke about Sudanese statistics: 87.7% of official figures are ... -
Understanding Musa Hilal and Mohamed Hamdan “Hametti” in Sudanese politics – By Hamdan Goumaa
The current regime in Sudan under the National Congress Party (NCP) has managed to survive, in part, by manipulating ethnic and other interest groups ... -
REVIEW Boko Haram: Nigeria’s Islamist Insurgency – By Virginia Comolli
Virginia Comolli, Boko Haram: Nigeria’s Islamist Insurgency, London: Hurst and Co, 2015, pp 239 inc. index, £20. Reviewed by Keith Somerville “Nigerian civilians find ... -
Is Burundi’s electoral process fatally flawed? – By Lorraine Nkengurutse
Last month Burundi was plunged in the worst political crisis since the end of the civil war. Elections were held in 2005 and 2010 ... -
From Burundi to Nigeria: Power to the people in Africa? – By Simon Freemantle
Last month Zedi Feruzi, the leader of the opposition party United for Peace and Development (UPD) in Burundi, was gunned down in the streets ... -
Why IGAD’ s new South Sudan peace proposal is problematic – By Brian Adeba
The newly unveiled IGAD proposal to resolve South Sudan’s crisis has not been warmly received – both the rebels and the government appear to ... -
How will Tanzania fair under the Sustainable Development Goals? – By Sarah Hermitage
This year UN member states will finalise the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which will replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) established in 2000. Section ... -
Nigeria’s Bureau of Statistics is changing the narrative around the economy – By Joachim MacEbong
Most people agree that there needs to be much more data on the Nigerian economy and society and that this data needs to be ...
