African Arguments
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A year after Westgate: what has Kenya learned? – By Jeremy Lind and Patrick Mutahi
A year has passed since Al-Shabaab militants laid siege of the Westgate shopping centre in Nairobi. The attack, believed to have been carried out ... -
ExIm Bank Reauthorization Critical for US-Africa Business – By Alyson McGee
The US Export-Import (ExIm) Bank has become the latest political football in Washington, as Democrats and Republicans argue over its value to the American ... -
Federalist moves heighten Somalia’s natural resources debate – By Liban Ahmad
Two years have passed since Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was elected the President of the Federal Republic of Somalia. He came in to office with ... -
Ebola outbreak highlights Liberia’s crisis of development policy – By Ashoka Mukpo
Before the 2011 presidential election in Liberia, I was relaxing on a beach in Monrovia when a man walked by wearing a t-shirt with ... -
Ivory, insurgency and crime in central Africa: the Sudans connection – By Keith Somerville
At the beginning of August, the minutes of a meeting of intelligence chiefs from African states were released, revealing the extent to which poaching ... -
Review: The New Radicals by Glenn Moss: A Generational Memoir of 1970s South Africa
The New Radicals: A Generational Memoir of the 1970s, Jacana Media, Auckland Park, 2014 Reviewed by Martin Plaut This book brought me up with ... -
Will MINUSCA deployment make a difference in CAR? – By Louisa Waugh
Its medals gleaming under the baking Bangui sunshine, the African Union International Support Mission to the Central African Republic (MISCA) has just said its ... -
Water Security No Longer a “˜future threat’ for Sahelian Africa – By Devon Knudsen
Anyone living in the Horn of Africa, along the Nile, or near Lake Chad knows that water-related issues are among the most severe and ... -
China and South Sudan: economic engagement continues amid conflict – By Zhou Hang
China’s economic engagement with South Sudan, the world’s youngest country, is growing rapidly since the latter’s independence in 2011. According to the Chinese and ... -
Beyond Pistorius: The Politics of South African Justice – By Nicholas Rush Smith
From New York to New South Wales people have waited with bated breath to find out if Oscar Pistorius would be found guilty of ...
