June 20, 2007
Cote d'Ivoire: Govt to Burn Weapons in 'Flames of Peace'
Prime Minister Guillaume Soro of Côte d'Ivoire wants to begin disarmament in the north of the country with a high-profile ceremony at which weapons would be burned in the… Read more »
June 18, 2007
Congo-Kinshasa: New Government Disappoints
Voters in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) voted last year in their first multiparty elections since 1965. Incumbent Joseph Kabila, who had assumed the presidency in 2001… Read more »
June 13, 2007
Guinea: PM Committed to 'Free and Fair' Elections in December
Guinea's recently appointed Prime Minister, Lansana Kouyaté, has committed himself to holding "free and fair" elections in December this year, but has stressed the… Read more »
May 11, 2007
Guinea: Armed Soldiers March Through Capital
Conakry slowly returned to normal late Friday as soldiers agreed to return to barracks. Read more »
February 18, 2007
Guinea: The Case for U.S. Action
While the United States government plans to send an additional 20,000 troops to shore up a flawed military strategy in Iraq, it has failed to support the people of Guinea, where… Read more »
February 14, 2007
South Africa: Army Offers to Train Somali Troops
South Africa's defence minister, Mosiuoa Lekota said today that although the deployment of the country's troops as peacekeepers in Somalia was "improbable," the armed… Read more »
February 13, 2007
Guinea: Conté Declares 'State of Siege'
President Lansana Conte of Guinea has declared a "state of siege" and instituted martial law after bloody nationwide demonstrations in which 23 people are reported to… Read more »
January 26, 2007
Somalia: U.S. Department of Defense Denies Capture of U.S. Soldiers
The United States Department of Defense has firmly denied reports of the capture of American soldiers in southern Somalia, stating "no U.S. service members have been captured… Read more »
January 19, 2007
Somalia: 'You Break It, You Own It' Rule Does Not Apply
"You break it, you own it." The Pottery Barn rule of intervention and nation-building, made famous in Iraq, is about to be tested in Somalia. Read more »
January 18, 2007
Africa: U.S. Official Sees 'Credible and Serious Dialogue' As Key to Peace in Somalia
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Jendayi Frazer, who has been leading the Bush administration's peace efforts in Somalia and Sudan, discussed the situation in… Read more »
January 08, 2007
Congo-Kinshasa: Review of Mobutu's Totalitarian Political System - An Afrocentric Analysis
In this short book, Peta Ikambana attempts to offer an Afro-centric analysis of the Mobutu regime, which ruled over Zaire (today's DRC) from 1965 to 1997. The book's premise holds… Read more »
November 27, 2006
Sudan: President Blasts UN, Asserts Sovereignty
Sudan's President Umar el-Bashir reiterated Monday in Khartoum his agreement to an international force in Darfur. Such a force could be composed of African Union (AU) troops or… Read more »
October 30, 2006
Southern Africa: Catch a Fire: New Film on 1980s Apartheid South Africa
Catch a Fire Read more »
October 16, 2006
Uganda: The Last King of Scotland
The Last King of Scotland Read more »
October 03, 2006
Sudan: We Saved Europeans. Why Not Africans?
With Darfur set to be hit by a second wave of genocide, world leaders are shifting into diplomatic high gear. The government of Sudan flatly rejects deployment of a 22,000-strong… Read more »
August 18, 2006
Angola: The Hero (O Herói)
The Hero (O Herói) Read more »
July 14, 2006
Sudan: Leadership for Implementing the DPA
This is fifteenth and last in a series of articles explaining the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA), explaining what lies behind the long and complicated text of the Agreement. As these… Read more »
Sudan: The CPA, the DPA and the EPA
This is fourteenth in a series of articles concerning the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA), explaining what lies behind the long and complicated text of the Agreement. This article… Read more »
Sudan: Rebuilding Darfur
This is number thirteen in a series of articles concerning the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA), explaining how different parts were negotiated, what the paragraphs mean, and how they… Read more »
Sudan: Human Rights
This is the twelfth in a series of articles concerning the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA), explaining how different parts were negotiated, what the paragraphs mean, and how they… Read more »
Sudan: Darfurians in the Civil Service and Education
This is the eleventh in a series of articles concerning the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA), explaining how different parts were negotiated, what the paragraphs mean, and how they… Read more »
Sudan: The Question of Land
This is the tenth in a series of articles concerning the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA), explaining how different parts were negotiated, what the paragraphs mean, and how they should… Read more »
Sudan: The Future of the Movements' Combatants
This is the ninth in a series of articles concerning the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA), explaining how different parts were negotiated, what the paragraphs mean, and how they should… Read more »
Sudan: The Comprehensive Ceasefire
This is number eight in a series of articles concerning the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA), explaining how different parts were negotiated (and especially what the different… Read more »
Sudan: Community Peace and Reconciliation
This is the seventh in a series of articles concerning the Darfur Peace Agreement (DPA), explaining how different parts were negotiated--including which negotiators insisted on… Read more »