June 29, 2012
East Africa: Exploring the Qat Trade - Leaves of the Horn
An upcoming documentary takes a closer look at qat's cultural, political and economic significance. Read more »
June 26, 2012
Africa: Rio+20 - the Elephant That Gave Birth to a Rat
For what was billed as an historic summit, Rio+20 finished with something of an anti-climax. The participating nations agreed on a 52-page document, which restated challenges and… Read more »
June 25, 2012
Africa: Rio Talks Ignore Women's Rights
Despite focussing on sustainable development, Rio+20 ignored fundamental rights of women. Read more »
June 22, 2012
Africa: Anger and Betrayal At Rio+20
The Rio outcome document was a great disappointment to global civil society organisations. They feel that the interests of the people and the planet have been traded away to… Read more »
Africa: The Paradox of Refugeehood
No one wants to become a refugee. No one should have to endure this humiliating and arduous ordeal. Yet, millions do. Even one refugee forced to flee, one refugee forced to return… Read more »
June 21, 2012
Africa: Experts Weekly - ICC - Bensouda Takes Office
On Friday June 15, 2012, Fatou Bensouda of Gambia was sworn in as Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC). With the ICC's caseload exclusively focused on Africa,… Read more »
June 20, 2012
Africa: Rio+20 - Conception and Contraception At the Conference
Those world leaders who have decided to attend the Rio+20 conference will be hammering out a new set of goals to measure sustainable development. This time it's the SDGs… Read more »
June 21, 2012
Africa: African Civil Society Speaks on Rio Summit
Ahead of Rio+20, around 20 Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) from 15 countries from across Africa got together to produce the Nairobi Declaration. It's fairly long in full, but… Read more »
June 20, 2012
Africa: Experts Weekly - World Refugee Day
To commemorate World Refugee Day, Think Africa Press asked a panel of experts: "What remains the biggest gap in the international protection of refugees?" Read more »
Africa: Pessimism Prevails Among Civil Society at Rio Talks
For NGOs at Rio+20, a palpable air of pessimism has hung over the summit. Initial perceived failures to reach agreements on issues integral to a new era for sustainable development… Read more »
June 19, 2012
Africa: This Week in Nigeria - Dangote Reinstalled As Stock Exchange President
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June 18, 2012
Africa: Post-Humanitarian Advertising - Because You're Worth It!
How humanitarian marketing campaigns like #Kony2012 work and why they will ultimately fail. Read more »
Africa: Rio+20 - Pursuing the 'Sustainable Development' Agenda?
What are the prospects for equitable change at the Rio+20 conference? Read more »
June 15, 2012
Africa: Geoffrey Oryema, Exile
Real World Records re-release Oryema's nostalgic portrait of Uganda. Read more »
June 14, 2012
Africa: An Interview With Ransome Stanley
In his art, Ransome Stanley draws from his African roots as a London-born son of a German mother and Nigerian father to reflect on colonial clichés of exoticism and images… Read more »
June 13, 2012
Africa: Foreign Aid - Means to Development or Political Strategy?
Anyone seeking to discuss why foreign aid hasn't alleviated poverty in sub-Saharan Africa could reasonably look to the lavish instance in which the Central African Republic's Jean… Read more »
June 12, 2012
Africa: How Will West African Posturing Affect Guinea Bissau?
There are currently 600 West African troops in Guinea Bissau who will supposedly guarantee peace and security through the country's period of transition. Read more »
June 11, 2012
Africa: Who Drives Africa's Growth?
On May 29, SOAS hosted its inaugural African Development Forum, organised by a group of postgraduate students in the development department. The theme was 'Africa: Driving Its Own… Read more »
May 31, 2012
Africa: June Protests Expected Against Election Candidate and Around Mubarak Verdict
Political tensions are high as a former PM enters the election run-off and Mubarak awaits his verdict. Read more »
May 30, 2012
Africa: Mixing Business and Humanitarianism
In conflict areas such as Somalia, it is inevitable that aid agencies work with the private sector if only to support their own operations. Read more »
May 28, 2012
Africa: Op-Ed Round-Up - Government Spies, Drug Trafficking, Messy Walls, and Railway Fraud
Ghana's spy controversy Read more »
May 24, 2012
Africa: SOAS to Host the African Development Forum
Last month the World Bank considered making a Nigerian its president and with Angolan companies eyeing up assets in their previous colonial masters' privatisation programmes, there… Read more »