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
April 30
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Angola: High Oil Prices Compensate for Tough Business Environment [analysis]
Angola has come a long way since gaining independence from Portugal in 1975. Read more »
April 29
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Africa: Big Pharma - Weighing Corporate Citizenship and the Bottom Line [analysis]
In the early 2000s, pharmaceutical companies were high on activists' hit lists, prompted by Big Pharma's ill-advised attempt to sue the South African government for patent... Read more »
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Africa: Making African Journalism Pay - Sustainable Democracy and Independent Media [opinion]
Much has been said about the international media's reporting on Africa. Read more »
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Zimbabwe: Tendai Biti - Zimbabwe Must Stage "A Legitimate and Credible Election" for Economic Recovery [analysis]
Back in 2009 when he took the job as Zimbabwe's Minister of Finance, Tendai Biti had one of the most challenging jobs in African politics. The country had just experienced a... Read more »
April 25
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Somalia: Rumours of Al-Shabaab's Death Are Greatly Exaggerated [analysis]
Harakat Al Shabaab is an organisation that has, for many years, been misunderstood. This is perhaps most clearly illustrated by the frequent predictions concerning its... Read more »
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Africa: Al-Shabaab in Somalia: the History and Ideology of a Militant Islamist Group, 2005 - 2012 [book review]
Stig Jarle Hansen has written what is undoubtedly the best book on Al-Shabaab - a militant islamist group based in Somalia - currently available. It has received high praise from... Read more »
April 24
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East Africa: Communities Rising Against Land Acquisition [analysis]
The Endoris, a minority community of about 60, 000 people lives a precarious life in the North Rift Valley Kenya. Read more »
April 23
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Africa: Tax Havens - Will the G8 Deal With the Real Issue? [analysis]
If you hadn't noticed it is the United Kingdom's turn to host the G8 again. Not as important these days as the G20 but, as a gathering of the old capitalist nations, it takes... Read more »
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Mali: Waiting for Blue Helmets? Prospects for a UN Mission [analysis]
International actors have dealt with the crisis in Mali in many ways. In a recent brief, Lori-Anne Théroux-Bénoni (Institute of Security Studies Dakar) listed its... Read more »
April 22
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Africa: Africa and the War On Drugs [book review]
A review of the most recent book in the African Arguments series. Previously published by our partners the World Peace Foundation. Read more »
April 18
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Mali: Chad Plays Politics Over Costly Mali Deployment [analysis]
President Deby of Chad's announcement earlier this week that he was planning to withdraw his troops from northern Mali came as a surprise to many, but in the world of Chadian... Read more »
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Africa: Brics Special/Kenya De-Risking and the Africa Bubble [analysis]
This is the second edition of our Africa Business Briefing, which will be published monthly, with business and economics news on the world's fastest changing continent. A more... Read more »
April 17
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Sudan: A Way Forward for South Kordofan and Blue Nile? [analysis]
I would guess Omar al-Bashir gives more speeches than vice-president Ali Osman Taha, but I usually find the latter's statements provide more insight into the thinking of the... Read more »
April 16
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Africa: Is the International Criminal Court Really Picking On Africa? [analysis]
Many observers and critics of the International Criminal Court (ICC) argue that the Court has focused entirely on Africa and needs to expand its investigations to other continents.... Read more »
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Rwanda: Internal Political Shifts Triggered by Returning Diaspora Politicians [analysis]
Former Rwandan Prime Minister Faustin Twagiramungu and Gérard Karangwa Semushi announce their return to Kigali to run for presidential elections in 2017. Read more »
April 15
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Africa: Fuel Subsidies - Grasping the Nettle [analysis]
Faced with a rising food and fuel import bill, numerous African governments are reviewing their energy subsidy schemes. Between the end of 2003 and mid-2008, nominal international... Read more »
April 12
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Zimbabwe: Why Has Support For The MDC Plummeted So Much? [analysis]
Fourteen years ago, Zimbabwe's main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) launched itself onto Zimbabwe's political scene with great local and international... Read more »
April 11
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Africa: The Ringtone and the Drum - Travels in the World's Poorest Countries [book review]
In his first book, Mark Weston has given himself the challenge of observing the daily life of people in three of the world's poorest countries: Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone and... Read more »
April 10
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Africa: In the Wake of Kony - Peace Versus Justice in Uganda [analysis]
2012 was the year NGO Invisible Children's 'Stop Kony' campaign focused attention on the man himself and his militia, the Lord's Resistance Army. But after decades of conflict,... Read more »
April 08
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Africa: Mrs Thatcher and the Continent [analysis]
Mrs Thatcher played a pivotal role in the ending of Apartheid in spite of herself. She once declared the African National Congress to be a "typical terrorist organisation... Anyone... Read more »
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Africa: What Kind of African Doesn't Speak Any African Languages? [opinion]
Last year, I attended a conference that brought together African thought leaders. In a session about African identity, we explored the question of whether one could claim to be... Read more »
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Zimbabwe: When Is Research 'Really Authoritative'? - A Response on Land Reform [analysis]
Reviews of our book keep piling in; this time prompted by the recent publication of Zimbabwe Takes Back its Land, a more popular summary of the main studies of Zimbabwe's land... Read more »
April 05
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Africa: Brics Summit Improves Cooperation, but Lacks Economic Action Plan [opinion]
André Roux, co-head of fixed income and currency at Investec Asset Management, shares his thoughts on the BRICS Summit Read more »
April 04
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Kenya: What Can the Kenyan Coast Tell Us About the 2013 Elections? [analysis]
In discussing the elections at the Kenyan coast, I want to make two, perhaps contradictory, points. The first is that the coast has its own particular dynamics, which must be... Read more »
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Africa: 'Hybrid' Governance and Africa [analysis]
Hybridity, it seems, is everywhere today. In the wake of a decade of ruminating over the problems of 'failed' and 'fragile' states, there has been a rush to claim that the idea of... Read more »
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