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UK Khat ban likely to create innovative black market for drug – By Neil Carrier
In a few days the 60 year old legal importation into the UK of the stimulant substance known widely as khat will be brought to an ... -
Nigeria: Opposition APC raises the stakes against PDP behemoth – By Alkasim Abdulkadir
Kano is Nigeria’s second largest city and the biggest in the northern half of the country. Traditionally a PDP stronghold, since its governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso ... -
Off-track in Somalia: parliament attack exemplifies lost momentum, weak leadership & deepening crises – By Yusuf M. Hassan
Somalia is off-track on its journey towards improved security, an agreed federal constitution, and credible national elections by 2016. On May 24th, in another attack that ... -
Save the miniskirt! Why Do Generations Divide Over The African Way? – By Elsie Eyakuze
There is a trend emerging in social media, mostly amongst people in their 30s and 40s and sometimes even 50s that consists of sharing family pictures ... -
Uganda’s constituency of one: Museveni faces challenges from within and without – By Magnus Taylor
In Kampala it is sometimes difficult to distinguish between policemen and soldiers. Both stand around in groups at roadblocks or hang out the back of official ... -
“˜Talking Eritrea’ remains tough whilst researchers are perceived as the enemy – Anonymous
Last week saw the closing plenary of the “˜Talking Eritrea’ seminar series organised by Justice Africa and SOAS, entitled “˜Limits on Research and Reporting in Eritrea: ... -
Hell and healing: Rwanda twenty years on – By Kris Berwouts
In the early morning of April 7, 1994 all hell broke loose in Rwanda. A few hours earlier, President Habyarimana’s plane had been shot down and ... -
The verdict on Somalia’s new draft media law – By Annisa Omar
It is not everyday that UK Somali journalists meet in London to discuss a law in Somalia – a country known for its lawlessness and for ... -
South Sudan’s Uncertain Future: first end Ugandan military support for Kiir – By Atieno Oduor
As the IGAD led mediation talks resume in Addis Ababa, South Sudan’s political future looks uncertain. Despite the signing of a ceasefire, fighting continues in three ... -
Africa and the War on Drugs
About the Authors Neil Carrier is a researcher based at the African Studies Centre, Oxford. He has published widely on the substance khat, which he first studied ...