African Arguments
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Africa must mimic East Asia’s demographic dividend to stave off Malthusian time bomb – By Adam Green
Africa’s population growth figures are staggering. The continent had a fertility rate of 5.4 children per woman during the 2005-10 period – double that ... -
Ivory beyond the LRA: why a broader focus is needed in studying poaching – By Kristof Titeca
Recently, a lot of attention has been paid to the LRA’s involvement in ivory trade. This was sparked off by the Enough report “˜Kony’s ... -
Food crisis in Zimbabwe: 2.2 million at risk. But where do the figures come from, and what do they mean? – By Ian Scoones
The newspapers have been full of commentary on a looming food crisis in Zimbabwe. This has followed from the World Food Programme’s press release ... -
“African economies must diversify and stimulate industrial development” – interview with Richard Kozul-Wright, United Nations Commission on Trade and Development
“The export-your-way-to-prosperity model is dead – didn’t work in the boom years prior to 2007…and won’t work now.” So says a rather combative press ... -
Somalia: government must downsize its vision over democracy project and Vision2016 – By Abdihakim Ainte
This week the Somali government and its international donors are coming together in Brussels under the rubric of “˜The New Deal’ vision. This will ... -
African commodities bonanza still not financing sustainable development – By Herman J. Cohen
The major low-wage manufacturing expansions of certain “emerging economies”, such as China, India, and Brazil, have driven up the world prices of a list ... -
Syria: a view from Africa – By Alex de Waal
African views on Syria are well worth considering, and the letter signed by 43 members of the Africa Forum””former heads of state and leaders ... -
Should access to the internet be a human right? – By Doreen Akiyo Yomoah
Internet access was officially declared a right by the UN in 2011, eight years after the World Summit Information Society first met in 2003. ... -
Kenya needs a comprehensive exit plan in Somalia – By Abdullahi Boru Halakhe
Kenya’s intervention in Somalia in October 2011 came as a surprise to many Horn of Africa observers. According to the Kenyan government, the raison ... -
Dispatches from an unfinished African revolution, by Aman Sethi
This article was originally published as an opinion piece in The Hindu on 08/09/2013: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/dispatches-from-an-unfinished-african-revolution/article5101534.ece Aman Sethi is based in Addis Ababa and is a ...
