Newsy has put together a multi-source video (and a transcript) on the Cote d’Ivoire conflict. Suffice it to say that things continue to not look good.
I am currently on the road in North Carolina where I am spending ten days or so on a travel grant from the John Hope Franklin Research Center at Duke University (though I am spending the weekend at my old stomping grounds in Charlotte.) Thus posting may be light for a while. However, you may […]
The Horn of Africa is one of the most complex and conflicted regions of the world. Each of the countries of the Horn—Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti and Sudan—suffers from protracted political strife, arising from local and national grievance, identity politics and regional inter-state rivalries. The ongoing crisis in Darfur, the rise of the Union of […]
There are many positive conclusions to draw from the fact that six prominent Kenyans will face charges before the International Criminal Court (ICC) from their roles in fomenting violence during the country’s post election crisis in 2007-2008. Accountability has been all too rare in these sorts of circumstances across the continent, which his given men […]
It was announced today that between 9 and 11 Kenyan’s who have conducted attacks in Kenya have had training within Somalia, a disquieting thought as Harakat al-Shabaab has announced the possibility of more focussed attacks on Kenyan soil in the near future. In the meanwhile, Mustapha Ali, advisor to the UN has warned that the spillover […]
The always-controversial (but undeniably magnetic) head of the ANC Youth League (ANC-YL), Julius Malema, recently spoke at the launch of the ANC’s local government elections manifesto in North West Province. His argument was simple: If you don’t like some of the candidates running on the ANC ticket, vote for them anyway. “Even if you like […]
While for many ordinary Zimbabweans getting Panadol (a pain relief medication), is a luxury they cannot afford, Robert Mugabe (Zimbabwe’s ruler for the past 30 years) just in one year managed to fly to Singapore four times for medical check ups. Mugabe’s fourth and recent visit was last Thursday, a visit Mr. Charamba, his spokesperson, […]
Over the past few weeks, we witnessed history in the making in North Africa and the Middle East. The people’s power spreading like a highly contagious flu, forcing out undemocratic regimes across North Africa and the Middle East. It is interesting to see that coordinated efforts were underway in so many nations to call out […]
Abeje Chumo I wrote this piece about South Sudan after reading about the massacre of 200 civilians last week by the rebel group led by George Athor. More than 160 of the dead were civilians, such as children, the elderly, refugees and several priests. Such attacks on civilians are sign of the challenges the South […]
Lots going on in the FPA’s Africa blogging network. In addition to my work here, we have new contributors to the North Africa Blog, which is flourishing these days, Ndumba Jonnah Kamwanya’s Southern Africa Blog continues to cover that vital part of the continent, and we have just started a new Horn of Africa Blog […]
A hearty congratulations to Laura Seay, who many of you know as Texas in Africa, for making the leap to contributing to The Atlantic with a fine piece on the failed assassination/coup attempt in the DRC.
Has the Lost City of Atlantis been found off the Atlantic Coast of Africa near the Canary Islands? Google Ocean seems to lead to that possible conclusion: The perfect rectangle – which is around the size of Wales – was noticed on the search giant’s underwater exploration tool by an aeronautical engineer who claims it […]
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