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
June 18
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Egypt: Threats Over Nile Waters Backfire As Promise of War Is Not Credible [analysis]
Egypt's threats towards Ethiopia and its Grand Renaissance dam project on the Blue Nile seem to be backfiring on all sides. On 3rd June, President Morsi, beset by growing internal... Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Theses On Zimbabwe's Moment of Magical Realism [analysis]
Ever since Zimbabwe's transitional inclusive government's (TIG) constitution was finally agreed in the middle of March, the country's political discourse had been in overdrive... Read more »
June 17
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Africa: Japan Raises Its Game in Africa [analysis]
The fifth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) has just taken place in Japan hosting an array of African Heads of State, international development... Read more »
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Africa: The G8's Here, Time to Act On Tax Havens [analysis]
When I first saw that Britain had put tax, transparency and trade on the agenda of this week's G8 meeting my reaction was surprise and celebration. At last the government had... Read more »
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Southern Africa: SADC Respects Zimbabwe's Early Election Date - By Simukai Tinhu [analysis]
On 15th the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) held an extraordinary summit on Zimbabwe in Maputo. The main issue discussed was the 31st July election date set under the... Read more »
June 13
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Niger: Bad Dream Approaches as Militants Set Sights On Niamey [analysis]
When Agadez's army barracks was hit by a suicide explosion on May 23rd the Nigerien bad dream seemed like it had finally come true. Read more »
June 12
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Angola: Last Train to Zona Verde: Overland From Cape Town to Angola [book review]
The arch miserableist returns, and he's "happy again, back in Africa, the kingdom of light". A lot of people will hate this book, and I can see why. But strangely, I didn't. Read more »
June 11
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Rwanda: Kikwete in Trouble Over FDLR, but Does He Really Understand Who They Are? [analysis]
Just over a fortnight ago, Jakaya Kikwete, President of Tanzania, kicked off a firestorm of controversy with what many in Rwanda and outside of it saw as a terrible faux pas. Read more »
June 10
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South Africa: How Will the World Mark the Passing of Nelson Mandela? [analysis]
When I woke up on Saturday 8th June and looked at the leading stories in the news I felt a shiver. Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Debate on the UN Group of Experts (with a Focus On the DRC) [analysis]
For the motion: Jason K. Stearns, political analyst, director of the Rift Valley Institute's Usalama Project and author of the book, 'Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse... Read more »
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Africa: There Will Be No Water War in the Nile Basin [analysis]
The comedy started last Monday when the Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi invited leading politicians to discuss the report of a tri-partite Egypt-Ethiopia-Sudan commission. Read more »
June 07
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Kenya: Forgetting Mau Mau, Remembering Lonrho [analysis]
I am glad the Kenyans caught up in the Mau Mau rebellion in the 1950s have finally got compensation from the UK Government for being tortured. As the deeply racist and imperialist... Read more »
June 06
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Libya: In Libya Anarchy Reigns and International Engagement Is Sorely Needed [analysis]
May 2013 was just another humdrum month in Libya. Read more »
June 05
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Sudan: On Darfur and the Death of Mohammad Bashar [analysis]
The second honeymoon of Darfur's Doha peace process lasted just over a month. Read more »
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Congo-Kinshasa: Pygmy Women Leader, Environmental Activist Appointed Minister in South Kivu [analysis]
On June 5th, Governor Marcellin Chisambo announced a reshuffle of the government of the Congolese province of South Kivu. Read more »
June 03
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Congo-Kinshasa: Congo Masquerade - the Political Culture of Aid Inefficiency and Reform Failure [book review]
A new review of Theodore Trefon's African Arguments book 'Congo Masquerade': Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Transforming the Agrarian Economy - Why Smallholder Farming Is Important [analysis]
In a recent article in the Cape Times, prompted by Max du Preez's review of Joe Hanlon and colleague's book, Tony Hawkins (professor of economics at UZ) a Read more »
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Africa: Museveni and the 'Muhoozi Project' [analysis]
In Uganda the Daily Monitor newspaper, which was forcibly closed last week by armed police, is now back open and operating as normal. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai Urged to Form Coalition in Upcoming Elections [analysis]
On Friday the Constitutional Court of Zimbabwe ruled that the upcoming elections must be held by the 31st of July. This development confirms the suspicions of many that ZANU-PF... Read more »
May 31
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Nigeria: After Woolwich - From Gang Member to Radical Islamist [analysis]
As has now been well-documented, on 22nd May, off-duty soldier Drummer Lee Rigby was murdered in the most brutal fashion in broad daylight in multicultural suburban South-East... Read more »
May 30
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Africa: Interview With Founder of the New York Forum Africa [interview]
Why did you choose to host the New York Forum AFRICA in Gabon? Read more »
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Mali: Militants' 'Sleeper Cell' in Mali Queried [analysis]
When Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported late last month that Malian authorities had broken up an alleged cell of seven fighters from the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West... Read more »
May 29
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Somalia: Somalia 2013 - 'New' Deal, Old Principles [analysis]
While the Communiqué that came out of the 2013 London Conference on Somalia reiterated the formal agreement on the "New Deal" initiative on aid effectiveness, it appears to... Read more »
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Africa: It's Not About the State of the World, but the State of Sub-Saharan Africa [analysis]
One of the key structural drivers of economic performance is economic openness which measures the connectedness and mobility of economies that comes about through international... Read more »
May 28
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Kenya: Which Way Forward for Civil Society? [analysis]
It is no secret that the candidature of Raila Odinga had the backing of the largely progressive Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Kenya's recent Presidential election. Read more »
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