Politics
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Al Shabaab and the irrational insurgency – By Devon Knudsen
Following the Westgate attack, many argued that al Shabaab demonstrated a shift in tactics, targets, and capacities. Two attacks in Nairobi over the past ... -
Time to Bring Eritrea in from the Cold – By Hank Cohen
After being part of Ethiopia for forty years, the people of Eritrea held a referendum in April 1993 and decided to establish an independent ... -
Women and peacemaking in Burundi: another Mandela legacy – By Georgina Holmes
Nelson Mandela’s philosophy towards conflict resolution has had a profound impact on international peacemaking processes, but it was his policy of inclusion that opened ... -
Libya must solve militia problem to avoid foreign intervention over oil – By Jason Pack and Haley Cook
One of Libya’s most complex dilemmas is the continuing occupation of multiple oil and gas production sites, pipelines, platforms, and export terminals by armed ... -
Of Titans and Trolls in South Africa and Somaliland – By Ahmed M.I. Egal
During the last two weeks we have lost two titans of African politics: the first, and somewhat lesser giant, was Ambassador Axmed Maxamed Adan ... -
Mandela: the memorial – By Richard Dowden
I am fascinated by the line-up for the great memorial service for Nelson Mandela in the Soweto Stadium today. It is riddled with politics ... -
The Democratic Republic of Congo: Between hope and despair – Michael Deibert – Reviewed by Kris Berwouts
Joséphine Mpongo Nsimba has a difficult life but despite this, she tries to enjoy it. She wakes up before dawn and leaves the house ... -
Recognizing Nelson Mandela – By Alex de Waal
For more than twenty years, following his conviction and sentence to life imprisonment in 1964, the Apartheid government in South Africa banned pictures of ... -
Angola: Crocodiles, protests and the rule of law – By Justin Pearce
The crocodiles of the River Dande may have earned their place in Angolan history. As 2013 moved towards a turbulent close, the nation recoiled ... -
Mandela: the moments that made him great – By Richard Dowden
Almost no one in the late 1980s believed apartheid would end peacefully. The government was in trouble but the core of its system that ...
