African Arguments
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Simba Makoni: no regrets about splitting anti-Mugabe vote in 2008 – By Magnus Taylor
Simba Makoni is the bespectacled former Executive Secretary of SADC turned Zimbabwean Finance Minister (2000 – 2002), turned Presidential candidate in 2008 as ... -
Ethiopia: navigating through the emotive, outrageous, and the subtle but dangerous narratives on the demise of Meles – By Solomon Ayele Dersso
Ethiopia is in a state of reflection, the outcome of which is not yet clear. If it is to be substantially positive, it is ... -
The future Kingdoms of Africa? – By Richard Dowden
Why are there still so many monarchies among the 193 states of the world? 44 countries have heads of state from a single family ... -
Al-Shabaab and post-transition Somalia – By Abdi Aynte
For the first time in four years, the militant group al-Shabaab is not the center of attention in Somalia. Since the fighters were ejected ... -
The Ambassador: Mads Brí¼gger uncovers Liberia’s elite corruption – By Aaron Leaf
Two years ago during my first month living in Liberia, my colleague Lamii took me to the annual Press Union retreat in the city ... -
South Africa needs calm heads after Marikana mine tragedy – By Jay Naidoo
South Africans need calm heads to examine what caused the slaughter of 44 workers and police officers at the Marikana mine. The judicial commission of ... -
Angolan Elections 2012: beer and circuses no longer enough – By Claudia Gastrow
It is election month in Luanda and the city is awash with billboards, posters, and illuminated displays of President José Eduardo dos Santos, leaving ... -
Southern African Implications of The Marikana Lonmin Mineworkers Shooting Tragedy — by Takura Zhangazha
The tragic and fatal shooting of 34 mineworkers in South Africa has sadly brought back memories of the violence of the apartheid years. And ... -
Tanzania: Britain increasingly accepting of partnership with corrupt government – By Sarah Hermitage
The BAE “˜saga’ – which involved the sale of a military air traffic control system to the Tanzanian government in 2001 in a deal ... -
Could China’s slowdown mark the end of Africa’s decade of growth? – By Barbara Njau, Senior Reporter at fDi Magazine, fDi Intelligence
Sub-Saharan Africa’s accelerated economic growth over the last decade has been well documented. Feted as the next boom market, especially with the backdrop of ...
