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
July 31
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Chad: Oil Project 10 Years On - Has Anything Changed? [analysis]
Even in their wildest dreams the architects of the Chad's oil project could not have imagined how much the country would earn. Read more »
July 30
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South Africa: More Power Plant Delays, Spectre of Electricity Supply Crunch Looms [analysis]
This is a View article from the African Energy newsletter, a respected source of independent analysis on the continent's energy industries produced by Cross-border Information, a... Read more »
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Zimbabwe: By Hook or By Crook President Mugabe Is Likely to Win [analysis]
This Wednesday, Zimbabweans begin the process of voting in their much-analysed General Election. This latest chapter in the country's exhausting political scene follows the... Read more »
July 29
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South Sudan: Thoughts On the Juba Reshuffle [opinion]
Given rumours in Juba about the authenticity of Salva Kiir's signature on earlier presidential decrees, I couldn't help but be curious about the five examples on the latest batch... Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Electoral Observers Hold the Line in Harare [analysis]
Zimbabwe's harmonised election - to decide local, parliamentary and presidential seats - has been surprisingly relaxed so far, with calls for non-violence, relatively mild critical... Read more »
July 25
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Zimbabwe: End of an Era of Unity Govt [analysis]
It's now only a few days to 31 July 2013, a day set for Zimbabwe's make or break harmonized elections. The day is finally upon us despite doubts on the credibility of the... Read more »
July 24
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Africa: South African Solutions for Continent's Problems? [analysis]
South Africa has played a central role in conflict mediation across the African continent in the past two decades. This short piece will examine some of the core pillars of the... Read more »
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Togo: Deal Improves Polls Prospects [analysis]
Long-delayed legislative elections in Togo, most recently set for July 21, 2013, were again pushed back last week and are now scheduled to be held four days later on July 25. Read more »
July 22
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Africa: Democracy for the Real World [analysis]
So if you've watched any news lately, you'll probably get the impression that the whole world is out on the street protesting. From Brazil to Bulgaria to Egypt, everyone seems to... Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: North Kivu - Waiting for the Intervention Brigade [analysis]
M23 withdrew from Goma in the first days of December 2012. In the days and weeks after their retreat, several international initiatives were launched which eventually crystallized... Read more »
July 19
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Tunisia: Civil Society Needs Transparent, Efficient Help From Europe [opinion]
The European support to Tunisia should not turn into empowering the very people and groups against whom Tunisians revolted in 2011. Read more »
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Africa: Violence and Transition in Post Settler-Colonial States [analysis]
The recently concluded elections in Kenya against the background of the electoral violence of 2007, the anticipated election in Zimbabwe in 2013 with the memory of state led... Read more »
July 18
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Congo-Kinshasa: Monusco and Humanitarian Action in the Congo [analysis]
Last week, medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF/Doctors Without Borders) published an op-ed in Congolese newspapers, underlining the need... Read more »
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Liberia: Why Proposed Dual Citizenship Legislation Should Be Based on Evidence [analysis]
Cecil Frank is an unassuming man, but he's got some firebrand politics. His is a story that typifies the peculiar migratory history of Liberia - a country 'founded' in 1847 by... Read more »
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Africa: China's Non-Interference Policy and Growing African Concerns [analysis]
In October 2012, the Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS) held a China-Africa Forum in Bishoftu, Ethiopia. The event was perhaps the first of its kind held in Ethiopia... Read more »
July 17
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Africa: Why Women Bleach [analysis]
"Bleaching" is the preferred term in many parts of Africa for the use of cosmetics that lighten the tone of the skin. Read more »
July 16
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Tanzania: Rights Abuses Occur 'Below the Radar' [analysis]
In 2005 Jakaya Kikwete came to power as President of Tanzania on the back of anti-corruption rhetoric and assurances of good governance. Under his on-going presidency, economic... Read more »
July 15
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Africa: The Great African Land Grab? Agricultural Investments and the Global Food System [book review]
In an African Arguments brief in January 2011, I wondered 'why, given that the long term impact of global land grabbing on many African rural communities could well be... Read more »
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Zimbabwe: The Hard Road to Reform: the Politics of the Global Political Agreement [analysis]
Brian Raftopoulos (editor), The Hard Road to Reform: the Politics of Zimbabwe's Global Political Agreement (Harare: Weaver Press in association with Solidarity Peace Trust, 2013) Read more »
July 12
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Rwanda: Govt's Strategies to Defend Its Interests in Congo [analysis]
Central Africa has been shaped by complex regional dynamics, through which local cleavages and national conflicts have spilled over national borders. Each country in the region has... Read more »
July 11
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Zimbabwe: Are Relations With the West Warming As Elections Approach? [analysis]
When President Mugabe unilaterally announced that Zimbabwe's general election would be held on the 31st July this year, this seemingly provocative action was met with unusual... Read more »
July 10
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Africa: Britain and Africa - Time to Put the Politics Back in [analysis]
Chris Mullin has accused me of 'over-analysing' Britain's approach to Africa in his review of my book. I don't disagree with him when he suggests that Blair and others were... Read more »
July 09
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Africa: Checking the Africa Facts [analysis]
What’s the most important question in a journalist’s armoury? Read more »
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Somalia: British Bank Threatens Peace Efforts [analysis]
A recent decision by Barclays Bank to close the accounts of 250 money transfer organisations working around the world will have a particularly severe effect on Somalia's efforts to... Read more »
July 08
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Africa: Review - Britain and Africa Under Blair: in Pursuit of the Good State - Reviewed By Chris Mullin [analysis]
Britain and Africa Under Blair by Julia Gallagher, Manchester University Press, pp 162. Read more »
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