Politics
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As narrow self-interest trumps attempts to solve the world’s problems, truly we are living in the worst of times – By Richard Dowden
A few years ago I would have celebrated the end of US global hegemony but it is hard to be optimistic about the future ... -
How will the UNHCR’s statelessness campaign affect Africa? – By Bronwen Manby
On 4th November the UN launched a global campaign to end statelessness within ten years. I confidently predict that the result of this campaign ... -
Sudan: NCP adds fresh “˜zibala’ to its house of mud – By Magdi el Gizouli
When the National Islamic Front (NIF) led by Hassan al-Turabi captured power in Khartoum back in 1989, the jokers of Omdurman described the nascent ... -
What chance for Buhari? Fourth Time’s the Charm for The General – By Mark Amaza
As it had been widely expected, former Head of State General Muhammadu Buhari recently declared his intentions to run for the office of the ... -
How Ebola is robbing us of our humanity – By Khadi Mansaray
Last month I received a call from Freetown. The fifteen-year-old Augusta Vandy had just died of Ebola. She was the eldest of five children ... -
Burkina Faso after Compaoré: Continuity through Change? – By Valerie Arnould
The removal on 31 October of Blaise Compaoré, who was president of Burkina Faso for 27 years, following street protests, has been welcomed as ... -
Mozambique Elections: big win or big fix for Frelimo? – By Cate Reid
After a long and chaotic counting process, Mozambique has a new president. Filipe Nyusi, the little-known candidate of the Frente de Libertaí§í£o de Moí§ambique (Frelimo) party, counted ... -
South Sudan: snapshots of a divided country – By James Copnall
How do you govern a country divided by war? South Sudan is now split into three major zones. The people in the biggest area, ... -
Zambia: what next after another president dies in office? – By Sishuwa Sishuwa
On 28 October 2014, Zambia’s President Michael Sata passed away at London’s King Edward VII Hospital, where he was being treated for an undisclosed ... -
Nigeria needs to check into oil rehab now – By Yemi Soneye
In 2009, the great recession of the previous year was continuing to have a serious effect on global demand capacity with oil prices crashing ...
