African Arguments
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Congo: efforts to end resource-fuelled conflict with due diligence – By Fred Robarts and Gregory Mthembu-Salter
A recent EU Trade and Development Communication contains some welcome news: a commitment to make company supply chains more transparent. This provides an excellent ... -
A Tale of Two Food Crises: How to Respond, not Whether to Respond – By Laura Hammond
Last week the United Nations announced that famine conditions in Somalia had eased, thanks to a good harvest and strong response from the humanitarian ... -
Nigeria: Ribadu’s return is good news, but Jonathan must take on the State Governors – By Jeremy Weate
The return of Nuhu Ribadu to the political theatre in Abuja as Chair of the newly constituted Task Force on Petroleum Revenue perhaps does ... -
What’s diaspora got to do with it indeed? – By Chukwu-Emeka Chikezie
I haven’t read the NEXT article mentioned in the previous post on this, but far worse things than that particular ex-diaspora, former multilateral director ... -
Somaliland and the ‘London Conference’: Silanyo must challenge denial of Somaliland’s rights – By Ahmed M.I. Egal
The upcoming London Conference on Somalia, and the UK’s urging of theSomaliland Government to attend, has understandably generated a lot of debate and comment ... -
South Africa: Zuma’s corruption charges linger on the road to re-election – By Paul Holden
When Jacob Zuma ascended to the presidency of the African National Congress (ANC), many remained unconvinced that he would be a suitable President for ... -
Kenyan-Sudanese Relations: heading for a collision – By Peter Howes
Kenya has, over the past few years, enjoyed cordial relations with Sudan: taking in countless refugees both from what is now South Sudan and ... -
Tullow begins Uganda farmdown after PSA signing with Uganda Government – By Angelo Izama
Last Friday (4th Feb), the Ugandan government finally signed Production Sharing Agreements with UK based Tullow Oil. The deal has been in waiting for months ... -
Senegal’s day of reckoning: it’s the economy stupid! – By Sanou Mbaye
The Senegalese people are extremely disillusioned. In 2000, they enthusiastically went to the polls to elect Abdoulaye Wade as their president. Wade had campaigned ... -
Saving Somalia? – upcoming “˜London Conference’ triggers reflections on the last 20 years – By Richard Dowden
If I were a Somali I would thank Allah for the pirates. For more than 20 years the world has stood by while successive ...











