African Arguments
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Congo’s rape crisis: Reflections on the new Red Rubber wars – By Georgina Holmes
Guardian journalist Diane Taylor recently filed a report from Mwenga in South Kivu depicting the plight of Congolese women rape victims who are forced ... -
Feed the Hungry and Think Ahead – By Andrew Othieno Rwigyema
Kigali, Rwanda, September 2011 “Feed the Hungry” has become a household theme not only for international development practitioners, but also for charitable institutions and ... -
Sudan (North), Blue Nile and Southern Kordofan in the Short-Term Landscape of Sudan – By Tag Elkhazin
“Capsules” is an ad-hoc series of short notes focusing on three issues relating to Sudan: 1- Darfur, 2- South Sudan, 3- Nile Waters. 4- ... -
Niger and Gadaffi – fallout out from the Libyan crisis: ‘We have no means to close the border… It is too big’ – By Celeste Hicks
Until last week, Niger’s main pre-occupation was the consolidation of democracy following peaceful elections in February. President Mahamadou Issoufou was determinedly continuing with an ... -
Libya’s neighbours’ longer term – By Richard Dowden
So why didn’t NATO planes bomb the armed convoy that headed from Libya into Niger on Tuesday? Two possible answers: One it was part ... -
History and Fiction in the Writing of We Are All Zimbabweans Now — by James Kilgore
The U.S. version of We Are All Zimbabweans Now, published by Ohio University Press, will be released in September, 2011. In early 2003 ... -
Mali and Niger Tuareg insurgencies and the war in Libya: “˜Whether you liked him or not, Gadaffi used to fix a lot of holes’ – By Frédéric Deycard and Yvan Guichaoua
In the early days following the rise of the insurgency in Libya, it was widely reported that Col. Gaddafi was making an extensive use ... -
A letter from Ghana – “˜Homos’ and Hysteria: reporting the gay debate in Africa – By Clair MacDougall
One morning back in late May, I stumbled up the street to buy my morning paper. I opened the paper to find a headline ... -
Zambia Election briefing 2011: Battle of the Dinosaurs – By Giacomo Macola and Jack Hogan
Incumbent Zambian President Rupiah Banda faces an uphill battle to retain the position he inherited in 2008 from the late Patrick L. Mwanawasa. Despite ...
