Politics
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Towards politically smart, locally led development in Africa – By David Booth
Last year, Diana Cammack and I concluded our book on Governance for Development in Africa with the thought that more aid for development should ... -
Nigeria’s Boko Haram ceasefire deal: too good to be true? – By Andrew Noakes
Last week, a colleague forwarded me an email purportedly written by Abubakar Shekau, the leader of Boko Haram. Addressed to the International Criminal Court ... -
Rwanda’s Untold Story. A reply to “38 scholars, scientists, researchers, journalists and historians” – By Filip Reyntjens
On 12 October, 38 signatories sent a letter to the BBC’s Director-General to protest against the contents of the documentary “˜Rwanda’s Untold Story’ first ... -
Introducing The Nigeria Forum
Welcome to the newest African Arguments blog: The Nigeria Forum. We are launching this blog several months in advance of the Nigerian general ... -
Review: ‘Eritrea at a Crossroads: a narrative of triumph, betrayal and hope’ – by Andebrhan Welde Giorgis
Reviewed by Martin Plaut – Eritrea is at peace, yet its people are flooding across its borders. As many are being caught reaching the ... -
Mozambique elections: outcome will have little impact on growing social fault-lines – By Jason Sumich
On the 15th of October, 2014, Mozambique held its fifth multiparty general election. Despite Renamo’s almost ritualistic accusation of fraud (not that fraud did ... -
50 years on: Remembering Sudan’s October Revolution – By W.J.Berridge
Many Sudanese intellectuals watched on with wry amusement as, in 2011, the global media announced that the popular uprisings in Egypt, Tunisia and Libya ... -
Journalism in Somalia: booming but beset by dangers – By Jay Bahadur
MOGADISHU”” Mohamed Abdi Warsame’s hand shakes as he places it on my knee. “Some say my brother was killed over a woman,” he says. ... -
Why States Recover: Changing Walking Societies into Winning Nations – By Richard Dowden
We often get famous professors on stage for our meetings but they are not often joined by the scion of South Africa’s richest family, ... -
Why the actions of a South African billionaire highlight the dangers of capital flight for the continent – By Desné Masie
South African billionaire Mark Shuttleworth has recently won an important case against the South African Reserve Bank in the Supreme Court of Appeal. The ...
