African Arguments
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John Weeks Reviews: Africa’s Odious Debts (African Arguments) – By Léonce Ndikumana and James K. Boyce
Léonce Ndikumana and James K. Boyce, Africa’s Odious Debts: How foreign loans and capital flight bled a continent (London: Zed Books, 2011) Among the ... -
Taylor Trial outcome: Liberian democracy still hampered by constitution – By Colin Waugh
Colin Waugh is the author of “Charles Taylor and Liberia: Ambition and Atrocity in Africa’s Lone Star State“ published next week in the UK ... -
Sudan: NCP regime is destroying the North says Yasir Arman, Secretary-General, SPLM-North
Yasir Arman is Secretary-General of SPLM-North, and consequently one of the leading opposition politicians in Sudan. Since South Sudan gained independence in July, the ... -
Sudan’s foreign debt: A Greek Tragedy is Sudan’s Woe – By Ahmed Badawi
John Travolta would feel at home in a corner of Washington D.C. right now: Greece is the word dominating discussions in the corridors of ... -
Michela Wrong – “Nigeria in Transformation” – speech on Nigeria’s 51st Anniversary of Independence
Michela Wrong is the author of 3 books on Africa including It’s our Turn to Eat: the Story of a Kenyan Whistle Blower This ... -
Crossing into Libya – Jason Pack survives border bureaucracy and sustainable development consultants
I figured getting to Tripoli for another quick research trip would be significantly easier than the time I went to visit the Iraqi archives ... -
TRANSFORMING NIGERIA: “Am I dreaming?” – Richard Dowden addresses the Nigerian President and cabinet on Independence Day
There were moments when I thought this was a dream. It could not be real. Maybe I was being lured to Nigeria as part ... -
AFRICAN DEBT: Funny Money and Stolen Lives – By James K. Boyce and Léonce Ndikumana
James K. Boyce and Léonce Ndikumana are the authors of Africa’s Odious Debts: How Foreign Loans and Capital Flight Bled a Continent, forthcoming in ... -
Zimbabwe land issue: Voices from the Field– Ian Scoones
Zimbabwe’s political crisis continues with political parties’ internal divides exposed by Wikileaks revelations, the coalition government at loggerheads on fundamental issues and the prospect ... -
Somalia: If you have to starve to death, better to do it in a war-torn country – By Jean-Hervé Bradol
For the past several months, news about food shortages and famines affecting large segments of the East African population have been fuelling donation appeals ...
