Politics
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A letter from Yambio, South Sudan – By Aly Verjee
In Yambio, Western Equatoria, South Sudan, life continues, almost as before. The market here does not bustle – ambles would be a more accurate ... -
In Rwanda it is economic development that demonstrates government’s respect for human rights – By Dr. Richard Karugarama Lebero
On 7th April, Rwanda marks 20 years since the 1994 genocide. A lot has been written about Rwanda’s journey and, as is to be ... -
Lagos: from stilt slums to emerging megacity – By Alkasim Abdulkadir
Lagos bustles with abundant energy not simply from dawn not until dusk, but to another dawn again – the cycle never breaks and its ... -
Rwanda and South Africa should not sever relations over Nyamwasa/Karegeya row – Frederick Golooba-Mutebi
Rwanda and South Africa are once again caught up in a diplomatic row. This erupted following reports of an attack by a group of ... -
Is it time for a more serious response to Boko Haram? – R. Bennett Furlow
The conflict between radical Islamists and the government of Nigeria is little noted in the United States compared with the attention paid to that ... -
Congo Masquerade
About the Author Theodore Trefon (PhD Boston University) is a Congo expert specializing in the politics of state-society relations. He has devoted the past 25 ... -
Africa: Why Economists Get It Wrong
About the Author Morten Jerven teaches at the School for International Studies at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada. He is the author of ... -
Uganda’s anti-homosexuality bill: looking beyond a single explanation – By Kristof Titeca
Last Friday, a wealthier primary school in the suburbs of Kampala had a special occasion during their Friday Assembly (in which students hold performances): ... -
How did the DRC become the ICC’s Pandora’s Box? – By Thijs B. Bouwknegt
This Friday, Germain Katanga has the ambiguous honour of receiving the third ever judgement from the International Criminal Court (ICC). It comes a decade ... -
Back to the Middle Ages? Response to Thabo Mbeki and Mahmood Mamdani’s op-ed: “Court’s Can’t End Civil Wars” – Anonymous
True, courts can’t end civil wars, but international criminal courts were created to make sure that certain forms of extreme violence are outlawed and ...
