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Migration, identity and belonging in contemporary Africa

Migration, identity and belonging in contemporary Africa

The lived experiences of migrants in Africa tell stories of isolationism and segregation within host countries Africa’s long history of migration and population movements is well documented. Since the pre-colonial era, people have moved across the continent for a...

Life beyond Mugabe?

Life beyond Mugabe?

Unhappiness between former liberation parties continues to bedevil Zimbabwean politics Zimbabwe has two main ethnic groups, the Shona and the Ndebele, as well as smaller groups such as the Tonga, Kalanga, Venda, Ndau and Xhosa. The Shona, which constitutes a majority,...

Rejection of the ‘Bayindi’

Rejection of the ‘Bayindi’

                        Third and fourth generation Ugandan Indians contribute to the economy but are seen as unwelcome outsiders Indians, says 26-year-old Carol Namutosi, aren’t good people. “They don’t talk...

Lessons for Africa

Lessons for Africa

In the context of deep ethnic divisions and conflicts on the African continent perhaps Namibia is getting some important things right When Hage Geingob was declared the ruling South West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO) Party’s presidential candidate for the 2014...

Divided since 1963

Divided since 1963

Ethnic factionalism in Kenya results in skewed allocation of resources and opportunities towards majority tribespeople Last year three Kenyan universities closed indefinitely after a poisonous division emerged between two groups of students contesting the outcome of...

The puzzle of political alternation

The puzzle of political alternation

As DRC President Joseph Kabila fights to retain power, opposition politicians must put political differences aside in the interests of the electorate The 2006 elections marked the end of a dramatic decade in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after two wars...

Stuck in the middle

Stuck in the middle

As Nigeria fights jihadists in the north-east and militants in the oil-producing south, a third conflict is simmering at its centre Traditional leaders in Riyom, a town in Plateau State, say they have been suffering for 15 years. Since the turn of the century their...

Forwards, backwards

A law aimed at forcing local majority ownership of firms in Zimbabwe runs into economic reality and hardline nationalism at the same time The Zimbabwean government has bowed to pressure by effecting changes to its controversial Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment...

Africa’s Catch-22

Political violence often means that those countries that most need investment are least likely to get it Conflict in Africa can result in economic devastation that lingers on far beyond the last crack of gunfire, because aid and trade matter more to the continent’s...

A new frontier

Investors from Organisation of Islamic Cooperation member countries are increasingly looking at opportunities in sub-Saharan Africa The Islamic world is increasingly seeing Africa as a destination for foreign investment, both on the institutional and corporate fronts....

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Life beyond Mugabe?

Life beyond Mugabe?

Unhappiness between former liberation parties continues to bedevil Zimbabwean politics Zimbabwe has two main ethnic groups, the Shona and the Ndebele, as well as smaller groups such as the Tonga, Kalanga, Venda, Ndau and Xhosa. The Shona, which constitutes a majority,...

Rejection of the ‘Bayindi’

Rejection of the ‘Bayindi’

                        Third and fourth generation Ugandan Indians contribute to the economy but are seen as unwelcome outsiders Indians, says 26-year-old Carol Namutosi, aren’t good people. “They don’t talk...

Lessons for Africa

Lessons for Africa

In the context of deep ethnic divisions and conflicts on the African continent perhaps Namibia is getting some important things right When Hage Geingob was declared the ruling South West Africa People’s Organisation (SWAPO) Party’s presidential candidate for the 2014...

Divided since 1963

Divided since 1963

Ethnic factionalism in Kenya results in skewed allocation of resources and opportunities towards majority tribespeople Last year three Kenyan universities closed indefinitely after a poisonous division emerged between two groups of students contesting the outcome of...

The puzzle of political alternation

The puzzle of political alternation

As DRC President Joseph Kabila fights to retain power, opposition politicians must put political differences aside in the interests of the electorate The 2006 elections marked the end of a dramatic decade in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) after two wars...

Stuck in the middle

Stuck in the middle

As Nigeria fights jihadists in the north-east and militants in the oil-producing south, a third conflict is simmering at its centre Traditional leaders in Riyom, a town in Plateau State, say they have been suffering for 15 years. Since the turn of the century their...

Forwards, backwards

A law aimed at forcing local majority ownership of firms in Zimbabwe runs into economic reality and hardline nationalism at the same time The Zimbabwean government has bowed to pressure by effecting changes to its controversial Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment...

Africa’s Catch-22

Political violence often means that those countries that most need investment are least likely to get it Conflict in Africa can result in economic devastation that lingers on far beyond the last crack of gunfire, because aid and trade matter more to the continent’s...

A new frontier

Investors from Organisation of Islamic Cooperation member countries are increasingly looking at opportunities in sub-Saharan Africa The Islamic world is increasingly seeing Africa as a destination for foreign investment, both on the institutional and corporate fronts....