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Thoughts on ‘A Civil Society Deferred,’ – By Peter Woodward
Abdullahi has produced another stimulating book triggering further thoughts about the state in Sudan and civil society. It looks at efforts to control society ... -
The Gambia’s Presidential Election: Jammeh consolidates hold on power – By Ebrima Ceesay and David Perfect
On 24 November 2011, Yahya Jammeh, the leader of the Alliance for Patriotic Re-orientation and Construction (APRC), comfortably won the Gambian presidential election. The ... -
The Kimberley Process and diamond demand – by Jolyon Ford at Oxford Analytica
The research and advocacy group Global Witness focuses on conflict and corruption involved in natural resources sectors. It has now announced that it intends ... -
Welcome to ‘Diaspora Debate’
Diaspora Debate is the newest blog on African Arguments Online, hosted by the Royal African Society and the Social Science Research Council. Diaspora Debate will be a ... -
Angola: Demonstrations and Presidential succession (things start to get interesting…) – by Justin Pearce
Watching Angolan politics involves holding a large magnifying glass to details that in another country would not be worthy of mention. A few hundred ... -
Review of Two Zimbabwe Novels: The Boy Next Door and The Trial of Robert Mugabe — Reviewed by James Kilgore
The Boy Next Door by Irene Sabatini, Little Brown and Company, New York, 2009, 403pp. The Trial of Robert Mugabe by Chielo Zona Eze, ... -
Congo elections 2011 – an account by Victoria Crawford, Africa APPG
There is one thing which unites the people of Democratic Republic of Congo today. Men and women, rich and poor, go about their daily ... -
South Africa 2012 Industrial Action Likely to Affect Mining Firms, Construction Companies and Major Seaports – By Robert Besseling, Exclusive Analysis Ltd.
Industrial action has increased in multiple sectors in 2011, with industry experts estimating 30 million working days lost so far this year, up ... -
DRC Free and Fair Elections: towards a democratic consolidation? – By William Townsend, Free Fair DRC
Two days after voting was supposed to have concluded in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s first-ever consecutive presidential election, voting materials were still being ... -
Ghana’s Mining Sector: increase in taxes spark opposition from sector – By Songhai Advisory
Songhai Advisory LLP is a bespoke business intelligence consultancy providing critical insight on market opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa. Finance Minister Kwabena Duffuor delivered his ...
