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A Brilliant But Depressing Book To Read: The Real Politics Of The Horn Of Africa
Politics in the Horn is best understood as a marketplace, where the currency is money and violence.
No Confidence Vote: A Victory For South Africa Leader Zuma, But A Defeat For The ANC
Zuma’s political death is proving to be a protracted affair. Several polls show that across race and class, trust in Zuma has collapsed since he was returned to power for a second term in 2014.
Uganda Was Supposed To Be The Gold Standard For Hosting Refugees. Instead If Could Produce Its Biggest Heartbreak
Bidi Bidi in Uganda is one of the largest refugee settlements in the world. In June the country and UN appealed for $2 billion to support 1.3 million refugees. Just $350 million has been raised.
HACKING A CONTINENT
Kagame’s Next 7 Years, And The Path To Glory – Or Slippery Road To Heartbreak (Part II)
The potential quandary for Kagame is that Rwanda could become his “Hotel California” of which The Eagles famously sung: he can check out, but he can never leave.
As Kenya Votes, It Feels Like A Beautiful Face And Mind That Are Trapped In An Ugly Body
Even if the political rhetoric in this Kenya election was angry and divisive, it still did not fall to the ethnic-filled bile of 2007 and 2013.
Nigeria To Add 212 Million City Dwellers By 2050 – Equivalent To Present Population Of Germany, France And UK
In Benin's capital Cotonou, Togo's Lomé and Burkina Faso's Ouagadougou the informal sector accounts for over 80% of non-agricultural employment.Uganda Was Supposed To Be The Gold Standard For Hosting Refugees. Instead If Could Produce Its Biggest Heartbreak
Bidi Bidi in Uganda is one of the largest refugee settlements in the world. In June the country and UN appealed for $2 billion to support 1.3 million refugees. Just $350 million has been raised.
The Seed And Gun: Farming Becomes The New Frontline In Boko Haram War
The fate of seeds and tractors could be a more important measure of the success against extremism than the tally of insurgents killed or territory recaptured.
NEXT FRONTIERS
South Sudan Is An Unfinished And Broken State: Here’s The High Price Its People Have Paid For It
It’s the world’s fastest-growing refugee crisis. One million have crossed into Uganda, and an additional “million or even more” are in Ethiopia, Kenya, DR Congo, and Central African Republic.
The African Middle Class Matters: But Not For The Reasons You Commonly Hear
Most problematic was the fiddling with figures, which classified people according to a minimum income as middle class. This is clearly not a very sensible way to approach proper class definition.
China Opens New Military Base In Djibouti: What Move Tells Us About The Asian Giant’s Growing Role in Africa
Unlike the US, which has numerous military bases around the world, China has exercised its global presence through peacekeeping operations.
MYTH AND REALITY
Africa Urbanising Fast, But We Might Be Wrong About Why It’s Happening. Here’s What We’ve Neglected
In 23 sub-Saharan African countries, urbanisation would have happened without a single person moving from a rural area to an urban one.
Africa’s Return Migrants: Myth And Reality About Their Contributions To The Continent
One insinuation was that the state of politics in Africa is so dismal that even the Gambia’s Adama Barrow, a former Argos security guard, can become a president.
65 Million People Worldwide Displaced By War, Violence, Or Persecution. What Can Be Good About That?
In 2016 more than 55% of refugees came from just three countries, but South Sudan has replaced Somalia as one of those countries.
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Billions Of Dollars Stolen From Africa Every Year, But Now The Fight Against Corruption Is On
The 2015 Thabo Mbeki report notes that up to US$50 billion is lost through illicit flows out of the continent every year.
About Jaw-Jaw And War War In Long-Suffering South Sudan
Although the big tent worked in the early days of independence when President Salva Kiir could buy off opponents, it is now failing, as the economy flat-lines.
The Secret Behind Rwanda’s Successful Vaccination Scores: When Poverty Can’t Stop You
Today in Rwanda more than 90% of all children are fully vaccinated for 11 vaccines.
DISSENTING VOICES
In Other Places, Proceeds Of Corruption Are Ploughed Back Into The Economy – Not So In Africa
In the cases of Malawi and Nigeria, the fight against corruption has clearly been favoured by changes in government.Kagame’s Next 7 Years, And The Path To Glory – Or Slippery Road To Heartbreak (Part II)
The potential quandary for Kagame is that Rwanda could become his “Hotel California” of which The Eagles famously sung: he can check out, but he can never leave.
After Kagame’s 99% Vote Win, An Alternative View Of Rwanda And The Untravelled Road Ahead (Part 1)
In this election Kagame was really not running against Frank Habineza or Philippe Mpayimana. His real competition were three “invisible” candidates – Rwandan history, Rwandan geography, and the Rwandan land.
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Nigeria To Add 212 Million City Dwellers By 2050 – Equivalent To Present Population Of Germany, France And UK
In Benin's capital Cotonou, Togo's Lomé and Burkina Faso's Ouagadougou the informal sector accounts for over 80% of non-agricultural employment.
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A Brilliant But Depressing Book To Read: The Real Politics Of The Horn Of Africa
Politics in the Horn is best understood as a marketplace, where the currency is money and violence.
Africa’s Return Migrants: Myth And Reality About Their Contributions To The Continent
One insinuation was that the state of politics in Africa is so dismal that even the Gambia’s Adama Barrow, a former Argos security guard, can become a president.
South Sudan: A New History For A New Nation, Starting From 11,000 Years Ago
Along the way, we are introduced to figures of significance in the history of the country that go beyond the usual list of coup leaders and heads of factions in the Sudan People’s Liberation Army.
Chicken And Egg In Africa – Clothing Poverty: The Hidden World Of Fast Fashion And Second-Hand Clothes
An exposition of the entwined economies of clothes’ production in Asia, over-consumption and clothing waste in Europe and the US, and clothes’ afterlife in Africa’s second-hand markets.
Europeans Who Don’t Like African Migrants Should Thank Drought. It Has Dramatically Slowed Down Their Flight
In 2015, Eritreans, Sudanese and Somalis made up a significant proportion of arrivals to Italy via the Mediterranean, now the prolonged drought conditions have depleted the resources they would need to cross borders.
