Politics
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Election 2015: What’s in the party manifestos for Africa? – By Magnus Taylor and Hetty Bailey
Does the UK have an “˜Africa policy’? Magnus Taylor (Editor, African Arguments) and Hetty Bailey (Policy and Research Coordinator, Africa APPG) decided to find ... -
Sudan 2015: After the elections, time for new ideas – By James Copnall
If this was a boxing match the referee would never have let it go the distance. Omar al Bashir received 94% of the vote ... -
Europe pushes away migrant ‘problem’ but many more will still come – By Ismail Einashe and Giulia Liberatore
In the space of one weekend in April over 800 migrants perished in the waters of the Mediterranean. This was the worst death toll ... -
Does the tragedy in the Mediterranean illustrate a new British Africa policy? – By Richard Dowden
Suddenly the British election has an international issue: African migration to Europe. The sight of boatloads of poor Africans heading towards our southern European ... -
Zambia retreats on controversial mining tax – By Dr. Desné Masie
Zambia has retreated on plans for a controversial mining tax announced in January 2015 by its ruling party, the Patriotic Front (“PF”). The move ... -
As the House Burns, Whither the Zimbabwean Opposition? – By Nicole Beardsworth
The Zimbabwean economy is going through structural regression, with rapid deindustrialisation, burgeoning external debt, an over 85% formal unemployment rate and nominal growth due ... -
What Chance a Nuclear Future in Nigeria? – By Dr Tomiwa O. Erinosho
Nigeria, a country endowed with numerous natural energy resources such as crude oil, gas, coal, hydro, wind, biomass, solar, geothermal, tidal and even uranium ... -
Sudan Elections: Champion Won – By Alex de Waal
Five years ago, the center of Khartoum was dominated by campaign posters showing President Omar al Bashir””and advertisements showing a handsome young man drinking ... -
Sudan Elections: rumours of NCP’s death are greatly exaggerated – By James Copnall
It looks like a funeral, it sounds like a funeral – but it isn’t, not really. The men pick up an angharaib, its wooden ... -
Africa’s New Oil: power, pipelines and future fortunes – By Celeste Hicks. Profiled by Magnus Taylor
Celeste Hicks is the former BBC correspondent in Chad and Mali and an editor on BBC Africa service news programmes. Her new book, Africa’s New ...
