African Arguments
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Somalia’s Famine: Never again, again – By Jamie Drummond, Exec Director, ONE
It’s over a month since famine was declared in Somalia and alarm bells clearly rung about serious food shortages across Northern Kenya and Southern ... -
South Sudan: newborn state in a nasty zone – By Richard Dowden
Looking back on my recent trip to Uganda and Sudan it struck that while Kampala throbs with energy and activity, its inhabitants are discontented. ... -
Sierra Leone Paper Scandal Underscores Plight of African Universities – Michael Keating
Last week the BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-14495242) reported on a scandal at the once respected Fourah Bay College in Sierra Leone. It seems that students were ... -
DRC: Conflict Minerals, Dodd-Frank and due diligence – Get on With It – By Mark Taylor
The battle over conflict minerals in DR Congo is heating up. No, I don’t mean the actual fighting is getting worse or that your ... -
ICC and Kenya: ‘Ocampo’s Six’ an important hurdle for the International Criminal Court – By Charlie Warren
Today, the International Criminal Court’s began its “confirmation on charges” hearings for the Ocampo Six, and the conventional wisdom holds that the proceedings will ... -
ICC and Kenya’s 2012 elections: ‘The Half Made Place’ – By Dan Branch
Kenya is, according to the writer Billy Kahora, a “˜half-made place,’ a country of “˜parallel universes, parallel economies, parallel lives, futures and realities.’[i] One ... -
ICC and Kenya: time for cooperation? – By Sabine Hoehn
On 1st September the International Criminal Court will decided whether it opens trials against six Kenyan high ranking officials charged to be the most ... -
Congo: Change or stagnation? – A new book by Theodore Trefon
2010 was in important year for the DRC and the Congolese. It marked 50 years of independence from Belgium and the cancellation of the ... -
Two Deaths in Zimbabwe – by Timothy Scarnecchia
Two deaths in Zimbabwe’s political landscape happened a week apart in August. First came the tragic news of the murder of MDC-T politician Maxwell ... -
Cote d’Ivoire: Ouattara restores calm after the stand-off – By Ashley Elliott
Ouattara v Gbagbo. Cote d’Ivoire’s recent post-election problems began in the wake of the November 2010 presidential polls. After the election commission initially gave ...
