Politics
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Kenya needs a comprehensive exit plan in Somalia – By Abdullahi Boru Halakhe
Kenya’s intervention in Somalia in October 2011 came as a surprise to many Horn of Africa observers. According to the Kenyan government, the raison ... -
Dispatches from an unfinished African revolution, by Aman Sethi
This article was originally published as an opinion piece in The Hindu on 08/09/2013: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/dispatches-from-an-unfinished-african-revolution/article5101534.ece Aman Sethi is based in Addis Ababa and is a ... -
“Chad not looking for international credit over Mali intervention” says country’s Foreign Minister – By Magnus Taylor
Moussa Faki, the Foreign Minister of Chad, has stated that his government was “not looking for [any] recognition or credit” for its role in ... -
Kenya: Is ICC withdrawal down to court’s “lack of respect” for Kenyan cooperation and trial relocation requests? – By Sabine Hoehn
On Thursday last week Kenyan parliamentarians voted to withdraw from the Rome Statute that established the International Criminal Court (ICC). This is the first ... -
Alcinda Honwana’s ‘Youth and Revolution in Tunisia’ – Reviewed by George Joffé
The Arab Spring, or as its participants prefer, the Arab Awakening, has begun to generate a spate of analysis and comment from within the ... -
Review of Terence Ranger’s ‘Writing revolt’ – By Clayton Peel
An “˜intrepid’ historian, pragmatist, and African nationalist Archives from an epoch-making era unburdened in a profoundly personal yet pulsating new book Prof Terence Ranger’s ... -
Eastern Congo’s recent troubles: who pulls the strings, what is at stake, and why do things happen? – By Christophe Vogel
Considered an overview, this piece combines a wide range of events, observations, and consequent thoughts on the current situation in the eastern DRC. Focussing ... -
South Africa, now for the Good News: stock exchange ranked #1 in regulation of securities exchanges – By Desné Masie
After a year of bearish commentary on South Africa’s economy, following waves of industrial strike action and negative ratings outlook on its sovereign debt, ... -
Kiir sheds close friends for better relations with Khartoum – By Stephen Arrno
September 3rd could turn out to be a make or break day for the relations between Sudan and South Sudan. The September 3rd Khartoum ... -
Africa Emerges – but from what and into what? A triumph of hope over experience in Robert Rotberg’s new assessment of the continent – By Keith Somerville
Robert Rotberg, Africa Emerges Consummate Challenges, Abundant Opportunities, Cambridge, Polity, 2013. ISBN-13: 978-0-456-6163-6 (pbk), £17.99. “Propelled to some extent by significant drivers of economic ...
