Africa’s collective electricity supply is bedevilled by weak legal frameworks and regional rivalry
Africa’s collective electricity supply is bedevilled by weak legal frameworks and regional rivalry
Over the past two decades, a series of interconnected conflicts has blighted the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with a disproportionate impact on women and girls. Combatants from myriad rebel groups and the Congolese armed forces have used rape as a weapon of war. While it is nearly impossible to obtain credible statistics on the […]
Liberation movements: after the war  More than any other continent, Africa boasts an abundance of former national liberation movements serving in government. Understanding the history of these organisations, particularly the manner in which they attained power, is crucial to comprehending their thinking and behaviour. Two distinct types of resistance movement came into being on […]
As in Nigeria, there are concerns in Tanzania that elite accumulation strategies are determining the shape of local-content policies.
Tanzanian president John Magufuli quickly became power struck once in office Tanzanian president Dr John Pombe Magufuli has an uncanny ability to undermine his own anticorruption crusade through his intolerance of criticism, particularly on social media. Few observers could have predicted the transformation of Dr Magufuli from a diligent but low-profile minister into an impulsive […]
After years of armed struggle to compete for power, Africa has ended up with a post-liberation legacy…
Africa’s collective electricity supply is bedevilled by weak legal frameworks and regional rivalry
Over the past two decades, a series of interconnected conflicts has blighted the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with a disproportionate impact on women and girls. Combatants from myriad rebel groups and the Congolese armed forces have used rape as a weapon of...
Liberation movements: after the war More than any other continent, Africa boasts an abundance of former national liberation movements serving in government. Understanding the history of these organisations, particularly the manner in which they attained power,...
As in Nigeria, there are concerns in Tanzania that elite accumulation strategies are determining the shape of local-content policies.
Tanzanian president John Magufuli quickly became power struck once in office Tanzanian president Dr John Pombe Magufuli has an uncanny ability to undermine his own anticorruption crusade through his intolerance of criticism, particularly on social media. Few observers...