Politics
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Violence in the Eastern Congo: Rwanda fights to maintain economic control of the region – By Herman J. “Hank” Cohen
An army mutiny that began in the eastern DRC last April has now become extremely serious with the creation of thousands of refugees and ... -
Europe’s woes are no cause for smugness in Africa – by Jolyon Ford at Oxford Analytica
This post offers a cautionary note about a new fashion: mocking the West’s current debt and growth problems en route to exaggerating the relative ... -
A media glasnost for Zimbabwe coverage? — by Ian Scoones
The international media has had an appalling record of balanced reporting on Zimbabwe over the last 12 years. A single narrative, repeating the myths ... -
South Africa Risk Outlook: nationalisation to become a political football – By Robert Besseling, Senior Africa Forecaster Exclusive Analysis
As frontrunner, President Jacob Zuma is likely to face Vice President Kgalema Motlanthe and Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale in his bid for re-election ... -
Somaliland: Mary Harper sees a country in microcosm at the Hargeisa International Book Fair
Shortly after I posted a blog about a book fair in Somaliland, I received a comment from a contributor to a highly respected international ... -
Who Rules South Africa? Negotiating the complex web of ANC politics – By Keith Somerville
Martin Plaut and Paul Holden, Who Rules South Africa Jonathan ball, Johannesburg and Cape Town, 2012. Midrand and beyond The ANC policy conference ... -
Who rules South Africa? The threat from “˜democracy lite’ – By Martin Plaut
Martin Plaut is co-author with Paul Holden of: “˜Who rules South Africa?’ published by Biteback Publishing. The African National Congress (ANC) has just concluded ... -
Kagame and Congo: how long can he deny Rwandan involvement in the East? – By Richard Dowden
Questioned last week on the BBC’s Hardtalk about the connection between Rwanda and the M23 rebel movement in eastern Congo, President Paul Kagame denied ... -
Crisis in the Sahel: after Mali what next? – By Ahmedou ould Abdallah, Centre4s
Over the last few years a crisis has been brewing in the whole of the Sahel, not only in Mali. All the ingredients for ... -
Zimbabwe at 32 – Tracing the Fading Democratic Value of National Leadership: Notes on 32 Years of Zimbabwe’s Independence — by Tabani Moyo
The following originally appeared on the Zimbabwe Committee of the Peoples Charter blog on April 12, 2012. There are three papers in all, as ...
