Politics
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Donald Kaberuka: “There are new ways, new alternatives towards achieving economic success” – By Desné Masie
Donald Kaberuka, President of the African Development Bank (AFDB), spoke at the Royal African Society’s Business Breakfast on 11 March 2013 addressing the question: ... -
Central African Republic: peace talks without the talks – By Kennedy Tumutegyereize and Nicolas Tillon, Conciliation Resources
It took three days for the Seleka Coalition and the Government of the Central African Republic (CAR) to reach a peace agreement mediated by ... -
Is all well in the teak forests of South Sudan? – By Aly Verjee
Think of tropical hard wood – ebony, mahogany, teak – and you probably don’t think of South Sudan. One of the country’s lesser-known natural ... -
African Commission Silent on Detention of Lord’s Resistance Army Commander Thomas Kwoyelo – By Stephen A. Lamony
A decision by the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights (ACHPR) on whether it would hear a petition to have Lord’s Resistance Army ... -
Mali: Listening without Drones – By Gregory Mann and Bruce Whitehouse
Recent and still unconfirmed reports of the killings of top leaders of Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb underscore tangible advances made by French ... -
Kenya 2013: the power of nightmares – By Magnus Taylor
After 5 days of waiting – first queuing to vote, then watching for results – it slowly became apparent that Uhuru Kenyatta (Son of ... -
Five simple points to take away from the 2013 Kenyan Elections – By Jeffrey Paller
Politics is more than elections A few hours before an official winner was declared in Kenya’s election, New York Times correspondent Jeffrey Gettleman tweeted: ... -
Women as Leaders? Power, Participation and Progress in the 21st Century? – By Dele Meiji Fatunla
Today is International Women’s Day and the beginning of a month-long emphasis on the lives of women and the challenges and opportunities they face ... -
Kenya 2013: CORD begins to show the strain – By Magnus Taylor
Nairobi, Thurs 7th March, 8.54pm We don’t know who’s going to win Kenya’s Presidential election 3 days after voting took place. The results from ... -
Understanding Kenya’s rejected ballots – By Aly Verjee
Kenya’s future now turns on the technicalities of electoral law. As Katrina Manson of the Financial Times and Jason Straziuso and Rodney Muhumza of ...
