Wednesday, March 21, 2012How Kony Survives and Obasanjo’s One-Man Peace Missionby Richard Dowden, Director, the Royal African SocietyOriginally posted on the website of the Royal African Society, director Richard Dowden writes about how Joseph Kony was able to escape to the Democratic Republic of Congo, and also writes about how former president of Nigeria, Olusegun Obasanjo, met with Boko Haram leaders in northern Nigeria as part of a fact-finding mission.
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Wednesday, March 07, 2012Escaping Africa: a New Dawn for French Policy?by Richard Dowden, Director, the Royal African SocietyOriginally published on the site of the Royal African Society, director Richard Dowden writes about the newly emerging Francophonie as France and Africa forge deeper bonds.
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012The African Diaspora Unites: Spotlight on Haitiby Chevelle Dixon, NYU Wagner School of Public ServiceAs Black History month comes to an end in America, the role of the African Diaspora in supporting its members respective of geo-political ties came to my mind. Last week I had the opportunity to do a service project with 21 other members of the African Diaspora just outside of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, the epicenter of the January 12, 2010 earthquake.
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Thursday, February 16, 2012Is Democracy Right for Africa? Strong Men vs Strong Civic Participationby Chevelle Dixon, NYU Wagner School of Public ServiceWhat is democracy? In its purest form, it is an ideological practice in society where each person (adult) gets an equal say on the decisions that affect his or her life. The Arab Spring, follow-up revolutions in countries such as Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya, and civil unrest in Bahrain, Syria, and Yemen are examples of democracy in its purest form.
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Wednesday, February 15, 2012Local Elections in Nigeria: Bayelsa Votesby Ambassador John Campbell , Ralph Bunche Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies at the Council on Foreign RelationsBayelsa State, in the oil-rich Niger Delta, went to the polls on Saturday to elect a new governor. The winner, by a huge majority, was Henry Dickson, the PDP candidate and a close political ally of President Goodluck Jonathan (also native of Bayelsa).
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Wednesday, February 01, 2012A New Year, New Thought-Leaders: A Paradigm Shift in Knowledge Management in Africaby Chevelle Dixon, NYU Wagner School of Public ServiceKnowledge management tools reveal best practices and lessons learned, and inform policies. Some may argue that Africa lags behind in development due to inadequacies in education, technology, skilled professionals, and knowledge capture, and sharing. Is there a dearth of knowledge management in Africa?
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012Measuring the Cost of War in Darfurby Danielle B. Goldberg, Program Coordinator, Peace-building and Rights Program, Columbia University’s Institute for the Study of Human RightsWhile human suffering resulting from the armed conflict in Darfur is immeasurable, the costs can be measured in economic terms. Dr. Hamid Ali from the American University of Cairo is the first to attempt this, and his findings indicate a staggering cost: US$35.11 billion spent by the Government of Sudan between 2003-2009 on the war effort in Darfur.
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Wednesday, January 18, 2012A New Year, A Changed Africa? 2012 New Year Resolutionsby Chevelle Dixon, NYU Wagner School of Public ServiceBy early August 2011, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization noted the East African famine as the worst in 60 years, devastating parts of Somalia, Ethiopia, and Kenya with 12.4 million people at risk from hunger.
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011The Democratic Alliance and South Africa’s Local Electionsby Ambassador John Campbell , Ralph Bunche Senior Fellow for Africa Policy Studies at the Council on Foreign RelationsSince 1948 when the National Party came to power and imposed apartheid, the South African opposition parties have rarely been genuine alternatives to the party of government.
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Tuesday, May 17, 2011A Man to Watch: Babatunde Fashola, Executive Governor of Lagos Stateby Jacqueline Adams, Africa.com Board of AdvisersThis May has been a pretty good month for Babatunde Fashola. Fresh from his re-election as executive governor of Lagos State, Nigeria’s business capital, Fashola won high praise in a profile in The Economist.
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