Politics
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Ivory, insurgency and crime in central Africa: the Sudans connection – By Keith Somerville
At the beginning of August, the minutes of a meeting of intelligence chiefs from African states were released, revealing the extent to which poaching ... -
Review: The New Radicals by Glenn Moss: A Generational Memoir of 1970s South Africa
The New Radicals: A Generational Memoir of the 1970s, Jacana Media, Auckland Park, 2014 Reviewed by Martin Plaut This book brought me up with ... -
Will MINUSCA deployment make a difference in CAR? – By Louisa Waugh
Its medals gleaming under the baking Bangui sunshine, the African Union International Support Mission to the Central African Republic (MISCA) has just said its ... -
Water Security No Longer a “˜future threat’ for Sahelian Africa – By Devon Knudsen
Anyone living in the Horn of Africa, along the Nile, or near Lake Chad knows that water-related issues are among the most severe and ... -
China and South Sudan: economic engagement continues amid conflict – By Zhou Hang
China’s economic engagement with South Sudan, the world’s youngest country, is growing rapidly since the latter’s independence in 2011. According to the Chinese and ... -
Beyond Pistorius: The Politics of South African Justice – By Nicholas Rush Smith
From New York to New South Wales people have waited with bated breath to find out if Oscar Pistorius would be found guilty of ... -
Boko Haram’s Gwoza ‘caliphate’ demonstrates group’s increasing power – By Omar Mahmood
On 24th August a video surfaced featuring the Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau boasting about his organization’s exploits in northeast Nigeria. Shekau went on ... -
Stalemate in South Sudan: Violent Leaders, Clueless Mediators – By Tongun Lo Loyuong
South Sudan’s internecine civil war broke out almost 9 months ago and has already claimed tens of thousands of lives, displaced nearly two million ... -
How will the death of its leader, Ahmed Godane, impact Al Shabaab? – By Stig Jarle Hansen
On the 1st September 2014, at around 19:00, American drones fired several missiles in the Sablaaleh/ Hawaay and Dahay Tubako areas, between 35 and ... -
Good Books in a Bad Neighbourhood: dispatches from the Hargeisa International Book Festival – By Ismail Einashe
Hargeisa – the dusty capital of Somaliland – is home to the Horn of Africa’s largest literary event. Now in its seventh year, the ...
