African Arguments
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Getting Somalia Wrong: a history of international misreading – By Abdi Aynte
Writing a book about Somalia has become a cotton industry of late. Countless pundits with little or no experience of the country try to ... -
Pipe-dreaming over oil in South Sudan – By Luke Patey
Across South Sudan demonstrations have been held in support of President Salva Kiir’s decision to shutdown its 350,000-barrel daily oil production. This came after ... -
The contest over peace and security in Africa – By Alex de Waal
The dominant interventionist approach to peace and security in Africa by-passes the hard work of creating domestic political consensus and instead imposes models of ... -
Fighting poverty in South Africa: the NDP, ANC and a political Big Beast – By Desné Masie
Over the years, the South African government has released a plethora of strategies and initiatives in its post-apartheid policy reforms. Many of these recommendations ... -
RAS/African Arguments Conference: DR Congo: Beyond the 2011 elections
DR Congo: Beyond the 2011 elections Date/Time: February 14th – Panel 1: 16:00 – 17:30 -Panel 2: 18:00 – 19:30 Venue: School of Oriental ... -
Sub-Saharan Oil and Gas 2012: a Business Africa guide – By Rolake Akinkugbe, Ecobank Capital
If 2011 was a record year for elections in Africa, it was also the year frontier exploration for oil and gas came of age. ... -
Getting Somalia Wrong? – Signs of hope in a shattered state – a realistic but empathetic analysis – review by Keith Somerville
It’s always been hard to find a framework for analyzing Somalia. It has one of the most ethnically homogenous populations in Africa – Somalis ... -
Sexuality, Identity and LGBT Rights in Liberia: Illegal and Invisible – By Stephanie C. Horton
Clearly, in times of chaos and anarchy, the vulnerable and powerless are always attacked. It’s a short step from there during a fragile peace ... -
South Africa: Parastatals and the private sector – By Jolyon Ford, Oxford Analytica
In mid-January while much of the country’s business community was still on or returning from summer holidays, Fitch Ratings revised its outlook for South ... -
South Sudan’s Doomsday Machine – By Alex de Waal
The below op-ed contribution was published online by the International Herald Tribune–Global Opinion, on January 24, 2012. South Sudan was born as an independent ...
