African Arguments
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Goodluck Jonathan’s perfect storm – By Richard Dowden
Nigeria could never be described as a quiet country, but terrorist group Boko Haram’s bombing campaign combined with a national strike over a fuel ... -
Zimbabwe and the Politics of Impunity — by Alex Lichtenstein
This review first appeared in the Los Angeles Review of Books on November 23, 2011 .Peter Godwin The Fear: Robert Mugabe and the Martyrdom ... -
Charles Taylor a CIA Informant “” Liberia’s Relationship with the US needs to be retooled – By Robtel Neajai Pailey
This op-ed was written based on a front page Boston Globe article on Jan. 17, which asserted that Charles Taylor was a CIA informant. ... -
Boko Haram: answering terror with more meaningful human security – By Olly Owen
Nigeria today faces a formidable combination of security challenges, which led President Goodluck Jonathan last week to declare the situation “even worse than the ... -
Sudan: Aerial military attacks on civilians and humanitarians “They Bombed Everything that Moved”, 1999 – 2012 – By Eric Reeves
Overview Since inaugurating hostilities in South Kordofan on June 5, 2011, Khartoum’s Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) military aircraft have been engaged in relentless, widespread, ... -
Intervening in Somalia: risky business with no end in sight – By Marco Jowell
Military intervention in Somalia, whether unilateral, multilateral or under the auspices of some supranational body, has never achieved its aims nor led to long ... -
Nigeria: tensions as Jonathan accedes to fuel protestors’ demands – By Ejiro Barrett
The nationwide strike called by labour unions against fuel subsidy removal in Nigeria has been suspended pending further negotiations, but it is not clear ... -
In the 2 Sudans: where separation breeds conflict – By Charlie Warren
When southern Sudanese voted to separate from Sudan almost one year ago, the relative calm of the polling belied its historic outcome: the actual ... -
Guy Scott and the “˜Caribbeanization’ of Zambia – Consequences for Zimbabwe? — by Brooks Marmon
The recent ascension of Guy Scott to the vice-presidency of Zambia has been viewed with great interest by the country’s neighbors as well as ... -
Defining the diaspora’s role and potential with Africa (a response to ‘What’s diaspora got to do with it?’) – By Semhar Araia
Beyond the broad categorizations of the African diaspora and rhetorical questions posed by Dele Fatunla in his blog post, “What’s Diaspora Got To Do ...
