Politics
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African Election Map 2011 – 2012 – By Simon Freemantle, Standard Bank
Africa’s political plates are shifting. In concert with economic gains realised over the course of the past decade in particular, and the concomitant rise ... -
Northwest Africa kidnap claims by new groups suggest growing competition for ransoms – By Exclusive Analysis
In December 2011 two new groups claimed responsibility for kidnaps in northwest Africa. On 7 December, the Mauritanian ANI news agency said it had ... -
‘Pray the Devil Back to Hell’ and the making of Leymah Gbowee, Nobel Laureate – By Robtel Neajai Pailey
In 2009 I screened the film Pray the Devil Back to Hell in Monrovia, Liberia, with a group of Liberian women “” young and ... -
African sovereign wealth funds prospects – by Jolyon Ford, Oxford Analytica.
For sub-Saharan governments one largely unmentioned reaction to the fall of Libya’s Colonel Qadhafi earlier this year was their surprise at the scale of ... -
“If Somalia fails, it will fail like a Catherine Wheel” – in conversation with Jonathan Ledgard, author of ‘Submergence’ – By Magnus Taylor
“I’ve given up on being negative – there are too many things to save, and too many important things to do,” says Jonathan Ledgard ... -
Angola’s New Oil & Banking Legislation – By Kissy Agyeman-Togobo, Songhai Advisory
Songhai Advisory LLP is a bespoke business intelligence consultancy providing critical insight on market opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa. Foreign oil companies operating in ... -
South Sudan’s student’s- Children of the Revolution: A letter from Warrap State – By Naomi Pendle
If you turn up beyond the bustle of the market in Wau and bear slightly left as if turning to the Governor’s home, you ... -
Nigeria: Boko Haram’s oppressive shadow – By Ejiro Barrett
The massive security presence on the streets of Nigeria’s capital city, Abuja, and several cities across the country’s northern states is a vivid narrative ... -
Zimbabwe: 2011 in political retrospect — by Takura Zhangazha
The passage of time is a rarely considered element in our national political discourse. A year begins and a year ends and we are ... -
Western Sahel insecurity – groping towards a more integrated approach
Chatham House, Thurs 9th Dec, 2011 Participants: Robert Fowler, Former UN Special Envoy to Niger Jérí´me Spinoza, Head, Africa Bureau, French Ministry of Defence ...
