African Arguments
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Political Agreement Improves Electoral Environment in Togo – By Alexander Noyes
Long-delayed legislative elections in Togo, most recently set for July 21, 2013, were again pushed back last week and are now scheduled to be ... -
South African Solutions for Africa’s Problems? – By Alexander Beresford
South Africa has played a central role in conflict mediation across the African continent in the past two decades. This short piece will examine ... -
Democracy for the real world – By Nathalie Munyampenda
So if you’ve watched any news lately, you’ll probably get the impression that the whole world is out on the street protesting. From Brazil ... -
DRC/ North Kivu: Waiting for the intervention brigade – By Kris Berwouts
M23 withdrew from Goma in the first days of December 2012. In the days and weeks after their retreat, several international initiatives were launched ... -
Tunisian Civil Society needs transparent, efficient help from Europe – By Mourad Teyeb
The European support to Tunisia should not turn into empowering the very people and groups against whom Tunisians revolted in 2011. The European Union ... -
Kenya, Zimbabwe, and South Africa: Violence and Transition in Post Settler-Colonial States — by Brian Raftopoulos, Solomon Mungure, Nicky Rousseau and Masheti Masinjila
The recently concluded elections in Kenya against the background of the electoral violence of 2007, the anticipated election in Zimbabwe in 2013 with the ... -
THIN-SKINNED QUARRELS: MONUSCO AND HUMANITARIAN ACTION IN THE CONGO – By Christoph Vogel
Last week, medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontií¨res (MSF/Doctors Without Borders) published an op-ed in Congolese newspapers, underlining the need for humanitarian actors to operate ... -
Why Liberia’s Proposed Dual Citizenship Legislation Should Be Based on Evidence, Not Sentiments – By Robtel Neajai Pailey
Cecil Frank is an unassuming man, but he’s got some firebrand politics. His is a story that typifies the peculiar migratory history of Liberia””a ... -
China’s Non-Interference Policy and Growing African Concerns – By Alula A. Iyasu
In October 2012, the Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS) held a China-Africa Forum in Bishoftu, Ethiopia. The event was perhaps the first ... -
Why African Women Bleach & The Golden Niche of Marketing – By Bright Simons
“Bleaching” is the preferred term in many parts of Africa for the use of cosmetics that lighten the tone of the skin. In 2011, ...
