Politics
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UK Khat ban likely to create innovative black market for drug – By Neil Carrier
In a few days the 60 year old legal importation into the UK of the stimulant substance known widely as khat will be brought ... -
How did Zambia become the continent-leader in refugee integration? – By Arthur Simuchoba
This year Zambia took the liberty of observing World Refugee Day (June 20th), a week earlier than normal. There is, however, a sense that, ... -
Zanzibar: CUF populism raises stakes around secession – By Erick Kabendera
Zanzibar’s politics have never been predictable, but it now seems things may be changing more permanently. Political wrangles that emerged from the current constitutional ... -
Negotiating a Settlement in South Sudan: Peace and Power – By Andreas Hirblinger
Inclusivity Will Fix It The peace negotiations for South Sudan could resolve the crisis only through a “genuine and inclusive political dialogue”, according to ... -
By way of an obituary for Wilfred Mhanda (aka Dzinashe “Dzino” Machingura): May 26 1950 – May 28 2014 — by David Moore
Zimbabwe’s Ides of April foretold the death of the Movement for Democratic Change as we know it. Morgan Tsvangirai dismissed the author of a ... -
Will Somalia’s hydrocarbon boom oil or spoil its future? – Dominik Balthasar
Currently thought of as the petroleum sector’s latest “˜frontier region’, Somalia constitutes not only one of the most promising, but also most the most ... -
New book reveals truth behind Angola’s forgotten massacre – By Richard Dowden
When the journalist Lara Pawson asked me if RAS would host the launch of her book about an incident in Angola in 1977, I ... -
Bringing Our Girls Back – By Elsie Eyakuze
When the editor of this site suggested for my next piece (this one) that I try tackling the Chibok kidnapping, Boko Haram becoming a ... -
Rwanda ponders own security while FDLR remains a strategic threat – By Jonathan Beloff
In April 2014, the world began its 20th commemoration of the 1994 Rwandan Genocide. The Rwandan government has billed this year’s event as one ... -
AU will break norms & welcome Egypt back after “˜coup’ – By Solomon A. Dersso
It is official, the referee and kingmaker in Egypt’s post-Mubarak upheavals, the Egyptian army, now has one of its own as the country’s new ...
