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
December 1
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Africa: Avoiding Past Pitfalls in a Future Peace Deal With the M23 [analysis]
The recent fall of Goma has starkly highlighted the shaky foundations of the 'peace architecture' that was built in the wake of the Second Congo War (1998-2002). Briefly, it once... Read more »
November 30
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South Africa: Zuma Exposed - A Tale of Power, Corruption and Lies [book review]
South African political life is currently on hold as the nation waits for the ANC’s conference to be held in Mangaung – the metropolis around Bloemfontein. ... Read more »
November 29
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Congo-Kinshasa: Kabila in a Catch-22 With M23 [analysis]
As reported last week, the DRC's Eastern city of Goma fell on Tuesday November 20th. The next day M23 took Sake, 25 km to the west. Many people now expected this to be the first... Read more »
November 27
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Congo-Kinshasa: UK, US Should Help End World's Worst War [analysis]
Africa is covered in epithets, like graffiti. It has been labelled dark, lost, hopeless. But generalisations about Africa are dangerous. The only certainty is its size: it could... Read more »
November 26
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Kenya: The Last Hunger Season - A Fine but Flawed Study of Poverty in Rural Kenya [book review]
Reporting Africa is too often a game of big politics: elections, coups, terrorists, oil deals and Julius Malema. You can easily be an expert of all these things by reading... Read more »
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Africa: A Framework for Discussing 'Africa Rising' [analysis]
I wonder if we should perhaps think of sub-Saharan Africa as a collection not so much of jointly emerging markets, but of diverging ones. Read more »
November 23
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Africa: African Youth - Fulfilling the Potential [analysis]
Africa has two major leadership problems: firstly, its leadership is fragmented. And secondly, its leaders are stagnating. We need a bold new vision that will integrate the... Read more »
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Africa: Continent's Glass Is Both Half Full and Half Empty [analysis]
Acknowledgment of Africa's ongoing economic revival is becoming more widespread. Read more »
November 22
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Congo-Kinshasa: A Tale of War, Rebellion and Dreadful Peace Agreements [analysis]
On Thursday November 15th 'M23' - the rebellion movement which was created earlier this year - launched a major attack on the city of Goma which, after a quieter day on Friday,... Read more »
November 21
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Congo-Kinshasa: The Fall of Goma [analysis]
When the provincial capital of Goma in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo fell to rebel forces yesterday, the rapidity of the rebel advance was shocking, but the fait... Read more »
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Somalia: Kenyans Alienate Somalis [analysis]
The Somali militant group al-Shabaab is currently losing ferocious battles against Kenyan troops in Southern Somalia - part of an African Union peacekeeping mission. However, they... Read more »
November 20
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Africa: How We Are Misled by Development Statistics and What to Do About It [analysis]
On November 5, 2010, Ghana Statistical Services announced that it was revising its GDP estimates upwards by over 60 percent, suggesting that that in the previous GDP estimates... Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Class and Rural Differentiation After Land Reform [analysis]
A new paper in the Journal of Agrarian Change by the team that wrote the Zimbabwe's Land Reform book examines the processes of rural differentiation that have occurred following... Read more »
November 19
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Africa: Does South Africa Really Understand Africa? [analysis]
South Africa has spent over a decade defining itself as different from the rest of Africa. Now, as its foreign policy pivots back to Africa and seeks to cash in on the continent's... Read more »
November 16
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Ethiopia: Govt's Increasing Intolerance of Islam Risks Radicalizing Muslims [analysis]
The Ethiopian constitution provides for freedom of religion and requires the separation of state and religion. However, the Muslim community in Ethiopia has, for more than a year... Read more »
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South Africa: Shale Gas Can Drive Growth [analysis]
South Africa is in the midst of a heated energy debate. Read more »
November 14
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Ghana: Election Climate Heats Up Before Polls [analysis]
There's just 25 days to go before Ghana holds its hotly anticipated presidential and legislative elections, the nation's sixth round of multi-party elections. The political... Read more »
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Africa: Religion and Diaspora - African Migrants' Religious Networks in Britain and Europe [analysis]
In Europe (and Britain) religion is often thought to be in terminal decline. Yet, the fact is that African Christians and Muslims increasingly occupy a prominent place within the... Read more »
November 13
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Africa: Time to Get Back to Basics At the BBC [analysis]
The story that has practically broken the BBC this week was the result of an appalling breach of the first journalistic rule - get the facts right. Read more »
November 12
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Sierra Leone: Election Winner Faces Big Challenges [analysis]
On 17 November Sierra Leoneans will go to the polls in presidential, parliamentary and local elections. Read more »
November 10
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South Africa: Sad Nation - The Truth in Numbers and Facts Behind the Sentiment [opinion]
South Africa is Africa's largest economy, and a gateway to trade and investment on the continent. However, contrary to the 'Africa Rising' narrative I contextualise in my blog... Read more »
November 9
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Malawi: Constitution Still Needs Reform [analysis]
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 Malawi Congress Party... Read more »
November 8
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South Africa: Economic Shock the Fault of Poorly Managed Labour Relations [analysis]
The South African economy has recently taken a major blow due to a much-reported epidemic of labour disputes in the mining industry. Approximately 50,000 mine workers have gone on... Read more »
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Africa: What if Africa Was a Company? [analysis]
There's been a lot of talk these past few months about Africa Rising, for whom and what for. But it's kind of difficult for the average person to look beyond the sentiment and... Read more »
November 7
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Sudan: The Yarmouk Attack - Israel's Folly, America's Brolly [analysis]
Invoking the right to remain silent often speaks louder than words. That's surely the case with the official Israeli response of "no comment" to the accusation from the Sudanese... Read more »
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