African Arguments
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Kenya and the Obamas: a half sister and an election – By Magnus Taylor
I was in Kenya at the time of Barack Obama’s election to US President back in 2008. Actually, I was in Uganda on the ... -
Uganda: battle over national oil company reveals strains of the sector – By Angelo Izama
When Beatrice Atim Anywar received a call from a reporter to ask if her daughter had applied for a scholarship with an oil company, ... -
Rhino poaching in South Africa: organised crime and economic opportunity driving trade – By Keith Somerville
As you enter the region of Hoedspruit in South Africa’s Limpopo province – the gateway to the world famous Kruger National Park – you ... -
Managing Risks in the Extractive Industries – By Lionel Badal
Rising demand fuelled by emerging countries, most notoriously China and India, has led to increased competition for natural resources. Despite recurrent volatility in the ... -
There was a Country: Chinua Achebe makes peace with Nigeria – By Tolu Ogunlesi
Chinua Achebe’s latest book, There was a Country, has appeared fifty-four years after the author’s first novel, Things Fall Apart, today arguably the best-known novel ... -
Africa and the War on Drugs: Guinea-Bissau, Coups and Africa’s Cocaine Equation – By Joseph Kirschke
This piece is part of the Africa and the War on Drugs debate – a series of articles and reviews commissioned to coincide with ... -
Ethiopia: a tale of two development models from the valley where we began – By Richard Dowden
Amentu, Ethiopia The Rift Valley in Eastern Africa is our hole in the ground, where we all come from. Not far from here our ... -
Tanzania: natural gas boom masks degradation in rule of law and social stability – By Tom Savory and Subiro Mwapinga
Things are changing in Tanzania. Large gas finds off the country’s coastline look set to shake up a country generally considered in continental economic ... -
Africa and the War on Drugs: focus on khat and the fight for legality – By Neil Carrier
This piece is part of the Africa and the War on Drugs debate – a series of articles and reviews commissioned to coincide with ... -
Mauritania: President’s shooting reveals military regime parading as a democracy – By Boubacar N’Diaye
When the news spread that Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz of Mauritania had been shot my reaction was, “it finally happened!” While many of the ...
