African Arguments
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Ghana: Elections As Usual – From IMANI Centre for Policy & Education, Ghana
By Franklin Cudjoe, Bright Simons, Selorm Branttie and Kofi Bentil. Ghanaians are voting for the next president of the longest-lived republic in their country’s ... -
The U.S. Pivots (Slightly) Toward Africa – By Michael Keating
There is an old saying, “˜if you’re a hammer, you will see everything else as a nail.’ Today there is no bigger hammer in ... -
How childhood trauma of Somali refugees has shaped gang culture on Britain’s streets – By Ismail Einashe
I recently gave a talk for Radio 4’s Four Thought series, exploring the links between childhood war trauma suffered by young Somali men and ... -
Kenya: the rise of the “˜Uhuruto’ – By Daniel Waweru
Like the platypus, the Uhuruto “” the newly-unveiled political alliance featuring Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto (with a supporting cast of Musalia Mudavadi and ... -
Sudan: belief that Khartoum regime will reform is misplaced – By Hamdan Mohamed Goumaa
The tendency by the United States and its allies to count on the existing regime in Khartoum to embark on serious reforms towards achieving ... -
Ghana Elections 2012: the power of the thumb – By Kissy Agyeman-Togobo
03/12/2012, Accra This is the last week before Ghana’s population exercises its civic right (popularly known as “˜krokromoti power’) to vote in presidential and ... -
Congo: avoiding past pitfalls in a future peace deal with the M23 – By Judith Verweijen
The recent fall of Goma has starkly highlighted the shaky foundations of the “˜peace architecture’ that was built in the wake of the Second ... -
Zuma Exposed: a tale of power, corruption and lies – Reviewed by Martin Plaut
South African political life is currently on hold as the nation waits for the ANC’s conference to be held in Mangaung – the metropolis ... -
Congo: Kabila in a Catch 22 with M23 – By Kris Berwouts
Kinshasa, November 27th 2012 As reported last week, the DRC’s Eastern city of Goma fell on Tuesday November 20th. The next day M23 took ... -
Congo: UK and US must play more consistent hand to end world’s worst war – By Richard Dowden
Africa is covered in epithets, like graffiti. It has been labelled dark, lost, hopeless. But generalisations about Africa are dangerous. The only certainty is ...
