Politics
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On Darfur and the death of Mohammad Bashar – By Aly Verjee
The second honeymoon of Darfur’s Doha peace process lasted just over a month. On April 6, Mohammad Bashar, leader of the Justice and Equality ... -
Congo: Pygmy women leader and environmental activist appointed minister in South Kivu – By Kris Berwouts
Cabinet reshuffle On June 5th, Governor Marcellin Chisambo announced a reshuffle of the government of the Congolese province of South Kivu. Three weeks ago, ... -
Tsvangirai must form a coalition to have any chance in upcoming elections – By Simukai Tinhu
On Friday the Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe ruled that the upcoming elections must be held by the 31st of July. This development confirms the ... -
Transforming Zimbabwe’s agrarian economy: why smallholder farming is important – By Ian Scoones
In a recent article in the Cape Times , prompted by Max du Preez’s review of Joe Hanlon and colleague’s book, Tony Hawkins (professor ... -
REVIEW – Congo Masquerade: The political culture of aid inefficiency and reform failure
A new review of Theodore Trefon’s African Arguments book ‘Congo Masquerade’: In Congo Masquerade, Congo expert Theodore Trefon seeks to explain why a decade ... -
Africa in the News – Uganda: Museveni & the “˜Muhoozi project’
In Uganda the Daily Monitor newspaper, which was forcibly closed last week by armed police, is now back open and operating as normal. The ... -
After Woolwich: from gang member to radical islamist – By Ismail Einashe
As has now been well-documented, on 22nd May, off-duty soldier Drummer Lee Rigby was murdered in the most brutal fashion in broad daylight in ... -
Interview with Richard Attias, Chairman, Richard Attias & Associates; Founder, the New York Forum AFRICA
Why did you choose to host the New York Forum AFRICA in Gabon? I first conceived of the notion of creating a pan”African economic ... -
Mali’s Sleeper Cell – By Andrew Lebovich
When Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported late last month that Malian authorities had broken up an alleged cell of seven fighters from the Movement for ... -
It’s not about the state of the world, but the state of sub-Saharan Africa – By Dr Adrian Saville, CIO Cannon Asset Managers
One of the key structural drivers of economic performance is economic openness which measures the connectedness and mobility of economies that comes about through ...
