African Arguments
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Boko Haram and the many faces of Abubakar Shekau – By Jacob Zenn
On September 24, 2014, Nigerian and Cameroonian sources provided video evidence (6:24) that a Boko Haram commander named Bashir Muhammed, who “˜doubled’ as the ... -
Uganda: Museveni-Mbabazi power struggle may be over, but real reform still years away – By Angelo Izama
The firing of Uganda’s Prime Minister Amama Mbabazi, which has pitched the country into another spell of political uncertainty, highlights the power of perpetual ... -
Algeria: North Africa’s reluctant policeman – By Imad Mesdoua
The inner workings of Algeria’s opaque state structures are a mystery for many foreign observers. Since the country gained independence in 1962, Algeria’s inward-looking ... -
REVIEW: Peaceland – Conflict Resolution and the Everyday Politics of International Intervention – By Séverine Autesserre
Review by Christoph Vogel – Recently, a Congolese friend of mine taught me how to use condoms to clean your shoes before going out. ... -
Business Africa is being retired
We have decided to retire “˜Business Africa’ with immediate effect. In an effort to streamline African Arguments’ blogs, forthwith we will focus on 5 ... -
One year on from Sudan’s September protests and inequality remains the inconvenient truth – By Muhammad Osman
A year has passed since the September 2013 protests in Sudan, in which more than 170 people, including women and children, died at the ... -
REVIEW: Rwanda 1994 – The Myth of the Akazu Genocide Conspiracy and Its Consequences
Review of Barrie Collins, Rwanda 1994: The Myth of the Akazu Genocide Conspiracy and Its Consequences, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan 2014, £65. Keith Somerville – ... -
Rethinking Zimbabwe to be retired
We have decided to “˜retire’ Rethinking Zimbabwe as an African Arguments blog with immediate effect. It was always the intention that blog strands would ... -
Murder of Senegalese migrant overshadows “radically new” politics of migration in Morocco – Sebastien Bachelet
Over the past few weeks, gruesome images have circulated depicting the ghastly murder of Charles Ndour, a twenty-five-year-old Senegalese migrant living in Morocco. Besides ... -
The President’s Bank: corruption allegations tarnish Somalia’s brave new world – By Jay Bahadur
The election of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud in September 2012 was heralded internationally as an almost messianic break from the past, an end to ...
