Politics
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Cameroon’s Elections Approaching: A familiar circus in uncertain times
With Presidential polls billed for October 2011, Ajong Mbapndah of Pan African Visions explores the background to an election where the political tactics of ... -
China Africa News: China a force for peace in the new Sudan?
This update is published by China-Africa News South Sudan gained its independence on the 9th of July. A week earlier President al-Bashir of Northern ... -
‘Guinea-Bissau: A Narco-Developmental State?’ – A response to Marie Gibert’s article
By Toby Green and Peter R. Thompson Marie Gibert’s article published in African Arguments (“Guinea-Bissau: A Narco-Developmental State?”, 24th May 2011 – read here) ... -
Juba and Khartoum: No Velvet Divorce
By Amb. John Campbell – Council on foreign Relations Only days before south Sudan celebrates its independence from Khartoum, fighting that has targeted military ... -
Abyei and South Kordofan contested areas – a pattern of political interdependence
Part II of Jens Pedersen’s paper for MSS: Making Sense of a Thorny Separation. Part I can be read here: The Political Economy in ... -
Food Crisis in the Horn of Africa: International Response Driven By Image of Africa – By Peter Gill
By Peter Gill International responsiveness to the food crisis in the Horn of Africa has relied again on the art of managing the headlines. ... -
South Sudan: A letter from Warrap State – Impossible Expectations
By Naomi Pendle If you walk to the far side of the market, beyond the large cauldrons of cooking broth and the boys who ... -
Sudan: Framework Agreement – House of Lords debate
House of Lords debates, 5 July 2011, 2:57 pm Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench) To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in advance of Southern Sudan‘s ... -
Great Lakes Westminster Hall debate – on DRC elections, mineral extraction, the role of Rwanda in region
Great Lakes (Africa) Westminster Hall debates, 5 July 2011, 1:27 pm Eric Joyce (Falkirk, Labour) I want to say a few words, in opening, ... -
South Kordofan and Nuba Mountains – Timely Humanitarian Interventionism or yet Another Passive Rwanda-Like Inaction?
By Ahmed Hassan I sat sipping my mint-flavored black tea hurriedly on one of these small teashops on the way from Kadougli to El-Obied. ...
