African Arguments
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Nigeria: Opposition APC raises the stakes against PDP behemoth – By Alkasim Abdulkadir
Kano is Nigeria’s second largest city and the biggest in the northern half of the country. Traditionally a PDP stronghold, since its governor Rabiu ... -
Peacekeepers in the CAR: disunited, disillusioned and mostly ineffective
M’Poko Airport in Bangui, capital of the Central African Republic, is a hub of activity. Internally displaced Central Africans camp on the runway; soldiers ... -
Off-track in Somalia: parliament attack exemplifies lost momentum, weak leadership & deepening crises – By Yusuf M. Hassan
Somalia is off-track on its journey towards improved security, an agreed federal constitution, and credible national elections by 2016. On May 24th, in another ... -
Cote d’Ivoire must strengthen electoral institutions to avoid democratic back-slide in 2015 – By Mathias Hounkpe
At the end of March 2014, Ivorian President Alassane Outtara declared in Abidjan that “we are determined to ensure that [the 2015 elections] are ... -
May Awakening: South Sudan famine raises memories of 1998 – By Michael Medley
Warnings of a looming famine begin early in the year, and intensify quickly. Hundreds of thousands of people have been forced to flee their ... -
MINTs and Mayhem: in Nigeria the risks are the only thing that trickle down – By Kate Meagher
Amid the media storm surrounding the kidnapped Nigerian schoolgirls, it is important to remember that just a couple of months ago that same media ... -
Kenya: terrorism and graft, debt and credit – By Edward Clay
Uproar followed the news on 16 May that British tourists were being shipped home from Mombasa on security advice. Tourists, inconvenienced and disappointed, were ... -
REVIEW: Factions, fear and fighters – the story of Angola’s forgotten massacre – By Keith Somerville
Lara Pawson, In the Name of the People: Angola’s Forgotten Massacre, London: I.B.Tauris, 2014. £20. Lara Pawson’s gripping study of the events of 27th ... -
Zambia: uneasy truce as Vedanta rolls back retrenchments in mining sector – By Arthur Simuchoba
The London-listed mining company Vedanta Resources Plc which through its subsidiary Konkola Copper Mines (KCM) owns four mines in Zambia is currently fighting on ... -
Revolt in the North: Interpreting Boko Haram’s war on western education – By Kirk Ross
Since the start of Boko Haram’s insurgency in Norther Nigeria, no single act of violence committed by the group has succeeded in provoking such ...
