African Arguments (London)
A multi-blogging site that covers both contemporary events and develops debates on themes important to the continent.
Website: http://africanarguments.org
October 19
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West Africa: Stopping West African Drug Trafficking [analysis]
Everyone working on drugs in Africa should read Neil Carrier and Gernot Klantschnig’s short but insightful new book, Africa and the War on Drugs. Read more »
October 17
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Mali: Military Intervention Impossible, Until Now [analysis]
Nobody seems to know what to do about Mali. In late September, the world's biggest tradeshow in global governance - the UN General Assembly - wound down having made no real... Read more »
September 26
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Mali: Nation's Cultural Riches Forgotten in Crisis [analysis]
In all the depressing headlines about Mali becoming West Africa's 'new Afghanistan', or the frustrated editorials about the country's apparent political paralysis (the ICG's Gilles... Read more »
July 16
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West Africa: Crisis in the Sahel - After Mali What Next? [analysis]
Over the last few years a crisis has been brewing in the whole of the Sahel, not only in Mali. All the ingredients for an explosion where there: poorly or ungoverned vast... Read more »
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Africa: Africa in the News - Kagame Denies Rwandan Involvement With M23
Below is the weekly Africa news update available for memebers of the Royal African Society. To find out about getting Africa in the News delivered to your inbox every Friday click... Read more »
July 11
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Niger: President Issoufou's Crazy Neighborhood [analysis]
Listening to Niger's President Mahamadou Issofou's recent interview on Al Jazeera one comes away with the impression that everything in Niger is fine except for the terrible things... Read more »
June 17
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Mali: North Faces Silent Crisis [analysis]
While all eyes are on the ongoing political stalemate in Bamako, and the growing radicalism of groups such as Ansar Dine, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and MUJAO (Movement for... Read more »
June 1
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Mali: Junta-Ecowas Agreement Is Likely, Lowering Sanctions Risks [analysis]
On 23 May, acting president Dioncounda Traore travelled to France for treatment of injuries sustained during demonstrations by pro-junta civilians and political parties two days... Read more »
April 26
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West Africa: Some Thoughts On West African Democracy [analysis]
Over the two months, the state of West African democracy has been tested on several occasions. In Senegal, after second round elections, citizens elected a new president, their... Read more »
April 25
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Mali: Confronting 'Talibanization' - the Other Ansar Dine, Popular Islam, and Religious Tolerance [analysis]
Of the insurgent factions that have wrested control over northern Mali from the central government, and effectively partitioned the country, Ansar Dine ("Defenders of the Faith")... Read more »
April 19
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Mali: Democracy, the Coup and the Anti-Globalization Left - Right Questions, Wrong Answers? [analysis]
Over the weekend, Mali's political drama cut to Ouagadougou, where President Blaise Compaore hosted a meeting of Malian politicians and statesmen, the military junta that seized... Read more »
April 5
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Mali: How Bad Can It Get? - a Conversation With Isaie Dougnon, Bruce Hall, Baz Lecocq, Gregory Mann and Bruce Whitehouse [document]
From dusk till late evening, you can find small groups of young people sitting on street corners, in front of houses, or in courtyards across West Africa. Read more »
April 3
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Mali: Hungry for Democracy - the Peasantry and the Coup [analysis]
What does it mean when civil society groups like the Syndicate of Peasants of Mali announce their support for the military junta, and the National Committee for Recovering... Read more »
March 30
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Mali: Mali - the Hot Season Is Coming [analysis]
It's the end of March. Iwalan, the hot season, has started in Northern Mali. I'm not talking about politics now, I'm simply talking about temperatures (in the shade) of over... Read more »
March 28
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Mali: Uncertainty As All Sides Wonder, 'What Next?' [analysis]
Nearly a week has passed since a group of mid-level officers led by Captain Sanogo carried out a coup d'etat in Mali's capital, Bamako. Read more »
March 27
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Mali: War Widows' Protest Sparked Army Mutiny [analysis]
When the protest movement of Malian women erupted in the town of Kati on January 30, few took notice. The women were mostly "war widows" of Malian soldiers recently killed in... Read more »
March 25
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Mali: Coup Makes Tuareg Rebellion At Its Heart Harder to Resolve [analysis]
For the past decade, Mali has been incrementally portrayed as the poster-child of good democratic transition in West Africa and its president, Amadou Toumani Touré,... Read more »
March 22
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Mali: Coup Likely to Hike Mining Taxes and Raise Terrorism Risks [analysis]
Head of Africa Forecasting at Exclusive Analysis, Natznet Tesfay, believes that the coup in Mali is likely to delay elections by 6-12 months, hike mining taxes and raise terrorism... Read more »
March 15
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Africa: Tuareg Rebellion Could Spark Violence Through Region [analysis]
The recent outbreak of violence in northern Mali will have given governments across the Sahel with their own Tuareg populations pause for thought. Read more »
February 28
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Mali: The Tuareg - Between Armed Uprising and Drought [analysis]
The recent Tuareg uprising in Mali under the banner of the MNLA has raised concerns over stability and safety in the region, with much attention focussed on the Libya and AQIM (Al... Read more »
November 18, 2011
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North Africa: Gaddafi's Tuareg Soldiers Threaten Security [analysis]
On 15 October 2011, around 400 Tuaregs who fought for Colonel Gaddafi in Libya returned to Mali's northeastern region of Kidal. These tribesmen included mercenaries recruited... Read more »
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