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Sahel insurgency: The Nigerien approach to Islamic militancy
10th January 2014 In January 2013, France began operations in northern Mali at the request of the Malian Government to counter a rising insurgency following a coup... →
Nigeria’s internal deportations: The untold story
6th January 2014 In July 2013, the governor of Lagos State in Nigeria allegedly ordered the deportation (2) of 76 destitute members of the Igbo community to Anambra... →
Surviving the seas and the system: African ‘kamikaze migrants’ and Europe’s war on immigration
13th December 2013 “They are like kamikaze terrorists, they have nothing to lose and everything to gain” - A general of the Spanish Guardia Civil, Canary Islands (2)... →
Sustainable energy and the Africa growth story
12th December 2013 Despite Africa’s huge sustainable energy potential, it still faces serious power crises which have crippled efforts to increase the manufacture of... →
Divergent investment strategies: Indian and Chinese FDI in Africa
11th December 2013 There is little surprise that foreign direct investment (FDI) and trade to the African continent, particularly Sub-Saharan Africa, has risen... →
Kenyan oil’s mixed blessing: Learning from, and avoiding, Nigeria’s internal conflicts wrought by its oil fortunes
10th December 2013 Kenya may be on the verge of an oil boom. If oil takes off, then Kenya risks going down the same road as Nigeria, of widespread violence in oil... →
Africa’s middle class against African chaos: Demographically unstoppable, a rising middle class will determine governments and African policy
2nd December 2013 Choosing to attack Nairobi’s Westgate Mall on 21 September 2013,(2) the gunmen of the militant group al-Shabaab were lashing out at their truest... →
Digital divides: Considerations on access to the internet as a human right in Rwanda
22nd November 2013 On 20 August 2013, Mark Zuckerberg, founder of the social networking website Facebook, stated his belief that “[internet] connectivity is a human... →
Sectoral Determination 7 of Domestic Workers: A catalyst for change?
21st November 2013 Nineteen years into democracy and South Africa still feels the effects of the apartheid era. One of the areas where these effects are most evident... →
Fracturing US foreign policy: America, China and Africa in the new cold war
20th November 2013 The foreign policy of the United States (US) is undergoing a transition of sorts. Plagued by domestic issues, economic constraints, and various... →
Rape, rebels and refugee camps: A look into the challenges facing Sudanese refugees
15th November 2013 Sudan has been gripped by nearly three decades of war and a chronic humanitarian crisis. After a bitter 22-year civil war, the south of the country... →
Africa-China trade: How the South was won
14th November 2013 The strengthening of trade partnerships between the countries of the global South has been one of the most significant phenomena of the 21st... →
From an Agenda for Change to an Agenda for Prosperity: Has sustainable peace been built in Sierra Leone?
13th November 2013 On 12 July 2013, Sierra Leone’s president, Dr Ernest Koroma, launched the ‘Agenda for Prosperity’ (AfP).(2) This agenda serves as the roadmap for... →
Kenya’s Westgate attack: An example of prejudiced terrorism
12th November 2013 On 21 September 2013, al-Shabaab raided the Westgate shopping centre in Nairobi, which culminated in a three-day standoff and left approximately 68... →
South Africa’s future nuclear energy plans: Pivoting on foreign policy objectives and raising issues of concern for nuclear non-proliferation (November 2013)
7th November 2013 South African President Jacob Zuma keeps reshuffling his Government to assert nuclear diplomacy as a personal foreign policy instrument at the... →
Uranium mining facilities in Niger face evolving threat: The changing nature of militant Islamist activity in the region represents a heightened threat
7th November 2013 Niger’s economy is heavily dependent on mining exports and royalties, roughly 40% of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP). Nigerien-produced... →
Pirates on the other side: Maritime piracy in the Gulf of Guinea
29th October 2013 For many years most recorded piracy activity occurred along the African east coast, but Guinea Gulf pirates have now surpassed their east coast... →
Unearthing the key drivers of economic growth in Rwanda’s post-genocide rebirth
28th October 2013 Rwanda is the most compelling turnaround story in Africa today. Eighteen years after the genocide that made Rwanda international news, but left it... →
Crash! How Africa’s transport networks are undermining sustainability and equity
25th October 2013 Transport energy use is one of the greatest drivers of climate change, contributing 25% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions,(2) which are now... →
Rethinking the ‘nuclear option’: Why Africa should steer clear
24th October 2013 Nuclear energy has triggered a highly contentious debate across the globe, and Africa is no exception. Japan’s triple disaster, with the meltdown... →
Power Africa and leapfrogging self-defeating development
17th October 2013 Africa is rising, and that rise demands more power. But of 1.3 billion people globally who have no access to electricity,(2) 550 million are people... →
Missing: A human security perspective on human trafficking
16th October 2013 In July 2013 the president of South Africa, Jacob Zuma, signed into law the Prevention and Combating of Trafficking in Persons Bill. South Africa... →
The criminal trial of Africa: The International Criminal Court’s relationship with the continent
10th October 2013 With the March 2013 election of Uhura Kenyatta as president of Kenya, the status of the relationship between the International Criminal Court (ICC)... →
Rastafari: Reflections on rights
9th October 2013 On 19 April 1980, practicing Rastafarian and reggae artist Bob Marley, invited by the newly elected Zimbabwean Prime Minister, Robert Mugabe,... →
African infrastructure financing: Closing the gap under tight fiscal constraints
8th October 2013 Inadequate infrastructure continues to be a major binding constraint to Africa’s quest for sustained economic growth. The region has attained... →
Voice of China: In pursuit of soft power
7th October 2013 China’s economic success and entry onto the world stage has firmly established the country as a force to be reckoned with, certainly in economic... →
The impact of South Africa’s sluggish growth on sub-Saharan Africa
2nd October 2013 Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is the second fastest growing region in the world today, trailing only Asia, according to the International Monetary Fund... →
Official customary law and the disruption of patriarchal power: The case of Msinga
26th September 2013 Tensions between traditional law and South Africa’s Constitution, as well as the country’s trend toward a more Western way of living, have been... →
Mozambique: A narrative of renewed tensions and implications
19th September 2013 Domestic stability concerns in Mozambique relate primarily to a single narrative of tensions and renewed violence between the Mozambican National... →
Emerging challenges in global health: Infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance
18th September 2013 Over the last decade, the world has witnessed unparalleled progress in human health. Indeed, countries such as China, Turkey and Rwanda now boast... →
South African trade: Too chicken to definitively challenge Brazilian poultry imports?
17th September 2013 South Africa is no stranger to both imposing anti-dumping duties and being challenged by its stance at the World Trade Organisation (WTO). In... →
Playgrounds or battlefields? Schools as institutions of fear
13th September 2013 “Schools are on the front line of armed conflicts, with classrooms, teachers and pupils seen as legitimate targets”(2) Schools, institutions to... →
Africa at the coalface of development: The dilemma of coal as a necessary evil on the continent
12th September 2013 African governments are at the coalface of trying to raise the standards of living of their people. There is no single solution to ending poverty.... →
How ethnic factors fuel conflicts in Central and East Africa. An ACMM interview with Dr Patience Kabamba conducted by James Hall
6th September 2013 In this exclusive Africa Conflict Monthly Monitor (ACMM) interview, Dr Patience Kabamba discusses ethnicity and conflict in Central and East... →
The next terrorist attack: A detailed look at al Qaeda's maritime history and ambitions
6th September 2013 Terrorism is not a new form of political dissent in asymmetric warfare. The tactics used by terrorist organisations have evolved as a continually... →
Special Economic Zones: Can South Africa follow in the Dragon’s footsteps?
29th August 2013 Special Economic Zones (SEZs) have become the new buzzword for African governments, who see in them the long-awaited salvation from the poverty... →
Education access entitlement: The right to schooling for young women in Tanzania
29th August 2013 Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the face by Taliban gunmen in October 2012 for claiming her right to education, celebrated her sixteenth birthday... →
Uncovering gender in policy responses to natural disasters: Disaster management in post-floods Mozambique – Part 2
28th August 2013 Gender analyses have illuminated the gender dimensions of disaster management in three key areas: adaptive capacities, policy planning and gendered... →
Uncovering gender in policy responses to natural disasters: Disaster management in post-floods Mozambique – Part 1
27th August 2013 In the field of reconstruction processes, it has been frequently argued that disasters provide a window of opportunity for transformation.(2)... →
Medical tourism in Africa: Sun, sea, scalpel and safari
26th August 2013 In recent years, some African nations have witnessed an increase in the numbers of tourists that visit their countries for the purpose of receiving... →
Diabetes epidemic in Africa: Now is the time to act – Part 2
15th August 2013 Click here to read part 1 of this discussion paper. In 2000, the prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) in the World Health Organisation (WHO)... →
