African Arguments
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In Africa, does democracy improve your health? – By Eleanor Whitehead and Zoe Flood
Back in the 1990s, the Nobel-prize winning economist Amartya Sen famously wrote that “no famine has ever taken place in a functioning democracy”, coining ... -
The Ben Ali Gap: Tunisia’s youth revolution turns over the reins of power to increasingly wrinkled hands – By Brian Klaas and Rafik Halouani
Nearly three years ago twenty-six year old Mohamed Bouazizi had his vegetable cart confiscated by police. Bouazizi was denied an audience with local authorities ... -
Africa’s media wars: a tough operating environment from Uganda to Angola – By Adam Green
It has been a bruising year for African media. In May, Ugandan police seized the offices of two newspapers after they published a leaked ... -
Politics not Refugees at heart of Repatriation to Somalia – By Ben Rawlence
Last week I was in Dadaab refugee camp when the World Food Programme, in the midst of a budget crisis, took the unprecedented step ... -
Congo: is this the end of the world’s worst war? – By Richard Dowden
It may be just a pause but the recent defeat of M23 in Eastern Congo could mark the end of the world’s worst and ... -
Governance in Africa – a strong case for power-sharing and collective action – By Keith Somerville
David Booth and Diana Cammack, Governance for Development in Africa: Solving Collective Action Problems, London: Zed, 2013, pp.160, £16.99 This excellent and commendably succinct ... -
Historical Backlash or Contemporary Realities for Uganda’s Asian population? – By Georgia Cole
A recent incident in Uganda suggests that the state has once again failed to acknowledge and address the problem of anti-Asian sentiment on its ... -
Should Boko Haram be labeled a Foreign Terrorist Organization? – By Christopher O’Connor
On November 13, two Subcommittees in the US House of Representatives – Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations and the Subcommittee ... -
Somalia: the world’s most dangerous place? – Good book, bad title – Review by Magnus Taylor
James Fergusson’s “˜The World’s Most Dangerous Place: inside the outlaw state of Somalia‘ is a good book with a bad title – lending itself ... -
South Sudan: In Jonglei, David Yau Yau is not the problem
Last week South Sudan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs declared David Yau Yau (DYY) – a Murle rebel leader from Jonglei State – to be ...
