African Arguments
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Burundi: political violence a risk, but “˜genocide’ improbable – By Benjamin Chemouni
The political climate in Burundi currently seems to be worsening day-by-day. The most significant recent episode was a high-profile revelation by a leaked UN ... -
Goodluck Jonathan preparing to negotiate with Boko Haram for Chibok girls – By Richard Dowden
Despite contradictory messages coming from within the Nigerian government it looks increasingly as if President Goodluck Jonathan has decided on negotiation with Boko Haram ... -
A LETTER TO THE UN SECRETARY GENERAL: The Chibok Abduction and Nigeria’s Crisis of Protection
Dear Secretary General, We are writing this open letter as members of the Nigeria Security Network, a new collaborative group dedicated to promoting research ... -
Malawi 2014: Vice President’s defection is another headache for Banda – By Frank Jomo
On May 8, eleven days before Malawi goes to the polls to elect a new president, the country’s VP Khumbo Kachali announced he was ... -
South Sudan: Kith, Kin and Peace Agreements – By Carol Berger
An important, as yet unanswered, question casts a heavy shadow over the Friday signing of an agreement in Addis Ababa to stop hostilities within ... -
In the CAR, Joseph Zindeko and the Seleka are here to stay – By Louisa Lombard
Years before he took up arms as a rebel, the new military chief of the Seleka rebel alliance, Joseph Zindeko, was shot in the ... -
Kenya should tread carefully as oil production approaches – By Celeste Hicks
As the Kenyan government aims to get legislation governing its emerging oil sector before parliament by June, many are starting to ask whether the ... -
South Africa 2014: ANC victory cannot obscure big gains for Democratic Alliance – By Martin Plaut
“ANC wins yet another landslide” – was the RAS take on the South African election on Friday. A catchy headline but not entirely accurate. ... -
Wole Soyinka: “We must respond to those who feel they have a divine right to mess up our lives” – By Magnus Taylor
Wole Soyinka is 80 this year and has long inhabited that illustrious pantheon of African literary greats, the Godfather of whom was the late ... -
Bentiu massacre highlights continued links between the Sudans after divorce – By James Copnall
The Bentiu massacre in mid April, in which hundreds of people died, has become one of the defining images of the new civil war ...
