Politics
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Burundi must avoid repeating the mistakes of Arusha
Negotiations in Burundi cannot come soon enough, but as in the 2000 Arusha Accords, a focus on quick short-term solutions will only come back to ... -
Pope Francis in Africa: the science and spirituality of climate change
Just days ahead of the COP21 climate change talks, Pope Francis is set to address the ethical issue of climate change again. As part ... -
African Political Thought, Part 7: Africa in the world
Welcome to Part 7 of our ten-part ten-minute lecture series on African Political Thought, brought to you by Stephen Chan, Professor of World Politics at the School ... -
The Sudanese rebels’ national agenda is causing local harm
SPLM-North’s insistence on negotiating with the government about national issues only – rather than giving priority to South Kordofan and Blue Nile – is ... -
Leaving Joseph Kony
Evelyn Amony’s poignant and fascinating memoir reveals the inner workings of the LRA, how she left the group, and escaped the label of being ... -
AAP#4: Economic Statistics in Africa with Morten Jerven
We talk with Morten Jerven, author of “Poor Numbers” and “Africa: Why Economists get it Wrong” about the quality of economic statistics in Africa ... -
African Political Thought, Part 6: old liberationalists, new nationalisms, and Mugabe
Welcome to Part 6 of our ten-part ten-minute lecture series on African Political Thought, brought to you by Stephen Chan, Professor of World Politics ... -
The Sudan Revolutionary Front: comrades in squabble
The rebel alliance fighting against President Omar al Bashir is looking less united by the day. For better or worse, the Sudan Revolutionary Front ... -
What lies at the core of Burundi’s crisis?
The government’s use of repression over dialogue has put the country and region’s stability at risk. In one of the latest bouts of violence ... -
“Only independence will restore us”: A Sahrawi refugee recalls Western Sahara’s invasion
40 years ago, thousands of Sahrawi were driven from their homes. Akhdaja Salak, who was 22 and pregnant at the time, describes the experience. ...
