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Malawi: constitutional and law reform should continue under Banda – By Hannah Gibson, Africa Research Institute
In 1966, two years after gaining independence from Britain, Malawi was declared a republic. For the next 28 years Hastings Banda led the country, and the ... -
Time to improve state participation in Africa’s extractive industries – By Zanele Hlatshwayo
The rise in commodities prices over the past decade (referred to by some economists as the “˜commodities super-cycle’) has led to a renewed debate on the ... -
Radio Congo: taking the slow road through central Africa – A review by Magnus Taylor
Ben Rawlence is a polymath of African politics. As happy talking about the impact of the new(ish) Kenyan constitution – “petrol on the fire of ethnic, ... -
Southern African Implications of The Marikana Lonmin Mineworkers Shooting Tragedy — by Takura Zhangazha
The tragic and fatal shooting of 34 mineworkers in South Africa has sadly brought back memories of the violence of the apartheid years. And because memories ... -
Could China’s slowdown mark the end of Africa’s decade of growth? – By Barbara Njau, Senior Reporter at fDi Magazine, fDi Intelligence
Sub-Saharan Africa’s accelerated economic growth over the last decade has been well documented. Feted as the next boom market, especially with the backdrop of the economic ... -
“˜Zimbabwe and the Region’ – The Britain Zimbabwe Society’s Annual Research Day 2012
The Britain Zimbabwe Society’s annual research day will be held on the 16th June at St. Antony’s College, Oxford (corner of Woodstock/Bevington Road, North Oxford, ... -
Political risk in Africa: predicting the unpredictable – by Jolyon Ford at Oxford Analytica.
A principal quality that analysts of African business and politics need is humility. Events in North Africa in 2011 must have led to some uncomfortable questions ... -
Lighting Africa’s development path – By Jacqueline Musiitwa and Omolade Dada
The world in which we live is a chaotic place. The triple trauma of the food, fuel, and financial crisis has wreaked havoc in a number ... -
Senegal’s day of reckoning: it’s the economy stupid! – By Sanou Mbaye
The Senegalese people are extremely disillusioned. In 2000, they enthusiastically went to the polls to elect Abdoulaye Wade as their president. Wade had campaigned as an ... -
Sub-Saharan Oil and Gas 2012: a Business Africa guide – By Rolake Akinkugbe, Ecobank Capital
If 2011 was a record year for elections in Africa, it was also the year frontier exploration for oil and gas came of age. Global crude ...