African Arguments
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Zimbabwe’s Crisis of Creativity and Creativity in the Crisis: what is the point of books? by Diana Jeater
In the wake of celebrations that once again a Zimbabwean author, NoViolet Bulawayo, has won the Caine Prize for African Writing, a revived Zimbabwe ... -
Northern Nigeria Militancy: Who and what are Boko Haram?
Alleged members of Boko Haram sit after arrest in 2009 by police in Northern Nigeria ... -
Clare Short: “I bet you Kagame gives up at the end of his term.”
Interview by Richard Dowden Last year, 13 years after Labour came to power and created the Department for International Development, the OECD issued this ... -
Cameroon’s Elections Approaching: A familiar circus in uncertain times
With Presidential polls billed for October 2011, Ajong Mbapndah of Pan African Visions explores the background to an election where the political tactics of ... -
China Africa News: China a force for peace in the new Sudan?
This update is published by China-Africa News South Sudan gained its independence on the 9th of July. A week earlier President al-Bashir of Northern ... -
‘Guinea-Bissau: A Narco-Developmental State?’ – A response to Marie Gibert’s article
By Toby Green and Peter R. Thompson Marie Gibert’s article published in African Arguments (“Guinea-Bissau: A Narco-Developmental State?”, 24th May 2011 – read here) ... -
Juba and Khartoum: No Velvet Divorce
By Amb. John Campbell – Council on foreign Relations Only days before south Sudan celebrates its independence from Khartoum, fighting that has targeted military ... -
Abyei and South Kordofan contested areas – a pattern of political interdependence
Part II of Jens Pedersen’s paper for MSS: Making Sense of a Thorny Separation. Part I can be read here: The Political Economy in ... -
Food Crisis in the Horn of Africa: International Response Driven By Image of Africa – By Peter Gill
By Peter Gill International responsiveness to the food crisis in the Horn of Africa has relied again on the art of managing the headlines. ... -
South Sudan: A letter from Warrap State – Impossible Expectations
By Naomi Pendle If you walk to the far side of the market, beyond the large cauldrons of cooking broth and the boys who ...
