May 30, 2014
Rwanda: Kigali Y' Izahabu
From the porch steps to the record store, Rwandan trio The Good Ones deliver an intimate acoustic album proving the remedial powers of music. Read more »
April 25, 2014
Africa: Training Africa's Future Innovators
Science and technology could drive the continent's future development, but creating the right environments and keeping Africa's youngest and brightest will be key. Read more »
April 23, 2014
Rwanda: Kagame Hints at 2017 Election Run
At a recent event, Rwanda's president Paul Kagame suggested he might change the constitution to allow him to run for a third term in 2017. Read more »
April 07, 2014
Rwanda: Rwanda's 20 Year Miracle - 'We Had Nowhere to Go but Up'
Once warring communities now live side by side and the pace of development has been awe-inspiring, argues former UK Secretary of State for International Development Andrew… Read more »
September 20, 2013
Rwanda: Polling Disrupted by Explosions
Parliamentary elections this week saw Kagame's Rwandan Patriotic Front cruise to victory, but calm was disrupted by a pre-poll grenade attack in central Kigali. Read more »
July 12, 2013
East Africa: Can Pipeline Dreams Become Reality?
Can a regional project for two new oil pipelines be realised with such volatile neighbourly relations? Read more »
July 11, 2013
Congo-Kinshasa: Violence Grows in Little-Reported Area
Violence is on the rise in little-reported on Beni, as armed men compete amidst claims that a militant group has links to Somalia's al-Shabaab. Read more »
February 21, 2013
East Africa: Easy Money? East Africa's Eurobond Dream
A number of East African nations are hoping to generate extra finances by issuing Eurobonds. But while this could beneficial, it could also be risky. Read more »
Africa: Radio Propaganda and the Broadcasting of Hatred
Keith Somerville's analysis of radio propaganda answers a lot of questions about the 'what' hate propaganda is, but avoids many deeper and more interesting questions. Read more »
December 13, 2012
Rwanda: In the Market for a Wife - Paying Dowries in Rwanda
As dowries have shifted from being made up of animals and objects to money, cultures and practices around their payment have changed too. Read more »
December 11, 2012
Rwanda: Speaking the Language of the World?
Is Rwanda's language transition to English a tool of economic development, political favouritism, or international advertising? Read more »
December 05, 2012
Congo-Kinshasa: The Invisible Frontline in North Kivu
While international media attention focuses on events in Goma, the political and military landscape of the eastern Congo is changing as Kabila's hold crumbles in North Kivu. Read more »
November 26, 2012
Congo-Kinshasa: Could Rwanda's Alleged Support for M23 Backfire?
Rwanda's President Kagame might have the most to gain from M23's successes in the eastern DRC, but he may also have the most to lose. Read more »
November 23, 2012
Congo-Kinshasa: Rebels Consolidate Control in East
Having captured Goma, and claiming to hold Sake, what will M23's next move be? Read more »
November 22, 2012
Uganda: Understanding Museveni's Chess Game
With events in the eastern DRC rapidly unfolding, what will Museveni do next and why? Read more »
November 21, 2012
Rwanda: Should Rwanda Be on the UN Security Council?
Rwanda's alleged support of rebels in the DRC has raised concerns its presence on the Security Council could undermine rather than promote peace. Read more »
October 25, 2012
Africa: Conflict in the Kivus - UN Report Leaves Peace Process in Uncertain Position
A leaked United Nations report accusing Rwanda and Uganda of supporting M23 may undermine regional peace talks. Read more »
August 10, 2012
Congo-Kinshasa: Will Rebels Bring Down Kabila?
The new rebellion in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has brought unwanted celebrity back to this particularly restive part of central Africa. Read more »
August 09, 2012
Congo-Kinshasa: Conflict in the Kivus - the Start of Africa's Second World War?
Fighting in the DRC will lead to much human suffering, but it seems unlikely to escalate into full-blown, interstate conflict. Read more »
August 03, 2012
Rwanda: No Longer an Aid Darling?
After years of receiving development assistance despite not meeting conditionalities, Rwanda has now seen its biggest donors suspend aid. Read more »
July 24, 2012
East Africa: Who Will Benefit From Oil and Gas?
In the small village of Mikindani on the south-eastern coast of Tanzania, World Bank-funded roads sit alongside shattered coral from dynamite fishing and poor sewerage facilities. Read more »
July 02, 2012
Congo-Kinshasa: New Evidence Points to Rwandan Backing of Rebels
What began in April as a localised mutiny by soldiers in the eastern Kivu provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has escalated into a diplomatic fall-out between… Read more »