Politics
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To John Humphreys on his trip to Liberia – “You can’t come here with European eyes” – By Richard Dowden
Dear John, I listened to your reports from Liberia on The Today programme this morning with growing fury. I am not angry because your ... -
Somalia’s “˜Newly Liberated Areas’ – What Comes Next? – By James Smith
Somalia’s Islamist militia, al Shabaab, is on the back foot. Each week brings news of another town seized. The forceful departure of al Shabaab ... -
Malawi’s new president must build support and mend donor relations – by Keith Somerville
Monitoring from afar the Malawian reaction to the death of President Bingu wa Mutharika and the inauguration, after a brief succession struggle, of Joyce ... -
Viktor Bout – Africa’s Lord of War – sentenced to 25 years – Andrew Feinstein
The Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, known widely as “˜the merchant of death’, was sentenced to 25 years in jail by a New York ... -
Mali: how bad can it get? – A conversation with Isaie Dougnon, Bruce Hall, Baz Lecocq, Gregory Mann and Bruce Whitehouse
Edited by Baz Lecocq and Gregory Mann, from a conversation on 3 April 2012. From dusk till late evening, you can find small groups ... -
Lighting Africa’s development path – By Jacqueline Musiitwa and Omolade Dada
The world in which we live is a chaotic place. The triple trauma of the food, fuel, and financial crisis has wreaked havoc in ... -
Somalia: Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys and the politics of the al-Shabaab split – By Abdi Aynte
If a split within the rank and file of Somalia’s al-Shabaab militants was a mere speculation, it has now become a reality, thanks to ... -
Okonjo-Iweala: A Diasporan abandoning ship or flying the flag for Africa? – By Dele Meiji Fatunla
There is perhaps no greater totem of the diaspora’s potential to transform Africa than Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. It is no ... -
An African President of the World Bank is not the Solution, when the Bank itself is the Problem – By Desné Masie
The hegemony and legitimacy of both the World Bank and International Monetary Fund is too-often nonchalantly presumed. Not only has the World Bank failed ... -
The Malian Peasantry and the Coup: Hungry for Democracy – By Brandon County and Brian J. Peterson
What does it mean when civil society groups like the Syndicate of Peasants of Mali announce their support for the military junta, and the ...
