Politics
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U.S. Africa Policy: A Second Term Pivot? – By J. Peter Pham
Barack Obama’s second term may witness an American pivot to Africa””and not for the reasons you might have expected. As the president of the ... -
Northern Nigeria: The Conflict Within – By Zainab Sandah
Ethnicity and religion are not predetermined; we are not born, do not possess an innate sense of ethnic or religious affiliation, we become Yoruba, ... -
Today Mali, tomorrow Nigeria for al-Qaeda – By Richard Dowden
From being a blank spot on the map, the Sahara now looks like a springboard for the advance of militant Islam. Until recently Mali ... -
Central African Republic: The collapse of the Bozize regime – By Franí§ois Misser
One month after launching a blitz offensive which brought them close to the capital, the Seleka rebel coalition has forced President Franí§ois Bozize to ... -
Morgan Tsvangirai : A Critical View – By Simukai Tinhu
The tendency of international statesmen to praise “˜the man of the moment’ through an awards system or complementary rhetoric is amongst one of the ... -
The Ivory Wars: how poaching in Central Africa fuels the LRA and janjaweed – By Keith Somerville
There are no final or totally verifiable figures for the numbers of elephants slaughtered for their ivory in 2012. However, reports from Cameroon, DR ... -
Kenya’s Nigerian Future – By Ben Rawlence
“˜Never again!’ blared Kenya’s radio stations in the heady days of 2008, when the blood of the victims of the post-election violence was fresh ... -
Libya in the African Context: a history waiting to be written – By Bridget Conley, World Peace Foundation
In the flurry of assessments and debates about the 2011 war in Libya that overthrew the country’s longtime ruler, Muammar Gaddafi, there has been ... -
Will the Mounting Evidence of Rwandan Meddling in Eastern Congo Lead Donors to Change their Response? – By Courtney Meyer
In late November, two Congolese rebel fighters who chose to abandon the group revealed to the BBC the extent of Rwanda’s meddling and financial ... -
Africa’s image and reality: wealth and poverty sit side-by-side – By Richard Dowden
The debate about the “image of Africa” seems to be reaching a consensus. The starving African child represents a reality that is rare and ...
