Politics
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Magnificent & Beggar Land: Angola Since the Civil War – By Ricardo Soares de Oliveira
Reviewed by Lara Pawson – Reading this book, I began to wonder if its author is, in fact, the real-life incarnation of HG Well’s ... -
Peacekeepers in Congo: Changing the Mandate – By Timo Muller
Members of the United Nations Security Council will convene this Thursday in New York to discuss the performance of MONUSCO – the peacekeeping mission in the ... -
Zimbabwe: The darkest hour is not before dawn – By Joost Fontein
Throughout the 2000s, Zimbabwe’s decade of misery, I was often struck by a cliché that frequently appeared in editorials, commentaries, and letters published in ... -
Burundi elections: Nkurunziza unpopular but could hang on in May polls – By Benjamin Chemouni
Over the last few years the narrowing of the political space in Burundi has been regularly denounced. With elections now less than three months ... -
Vital Kamerhe and Congo’s political opposition visits Washington – By Hank Cohen
A delegation of the leading opposition political leaders in the Democratic Republic of the Congo visited Washington, DC during the period March 7-11, 2015. ... -
Remembering Professor Said Samatar – By Richard Dowden
Said Samatar, who died last week, explained Somalia. A brilliant scholar he used words like swords and clubs wielded with speed and skill to ... -
Regional military cooperation must improve to defeat Boko Haram – By Ahmad Salkida
In February 2015 the African Union authorized the mobilization of a multinational force drawn from Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Niger, and Nigeria to tackle Boko ... -
Somalis debate the ideal political system for clans – Liban Ahmad
The debate over which political system is best suited for Somalia has entered a new phase. Twenty years ago the EU commissioned a study ... -
South Sudan’s peace talks trapped in semi-permanent coma – By James Copnall
Another round of fruitless talks, another failure to agree, another painful disappointment for the millions desperate for peace: the news from Addis Ababa at ... -
‘African Culture’ is the biggest threat to the women’s rights movement – By Patience Akumu
It is prestigious to speak in defense of women’s rights. It is even more prestigious if the women whose rights you are speaking for ...
