Posts Tagged ‘Africa’
 

 
International Political Forum

Stability In The Balance: Elections In Guinea-Bissau

On Sunday April 13th the chronically war-torn state of Guinea-Bissau successfully held its first round of presidential and People’s Assembly elections since a 2012 coup d’état interrupted the last planned vote. The coup, c...
by Tarleton Watkins
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We Must See Africa Differently

Africa is no longer a collection of failed states beset by regional conflict. A fast growing middle class working white-collar jobs in smart office blocks are changing the continents skyline and the socio-economic reality on t...
by Robert Scott
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Hard Times in Swaziland

[twitter style=”horizontal” source=”@intlpolitical” float=”left”][fbshare type=”button”] “Hard times”. This is the title of English novelist, Charles Dickens’ book that was...
by Mark Mngomezulu
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The State of Water: Ethiopia

Water is the greatest necessity in life; however, consumption of contaminated water is one of the biggest killers in the world. Ethiopia, situated in horn of Africa, a region prone to droughts and subsequent famine, faces acute...
by Daniel Wasonga
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The ‘Invisible’ Scar, Crime

I wrote a Facebook update asking my friends to share on what to do in the event of rape. And, Moraa Osoro a pal wrote in caps: REPORT. REPORT. REPORT. Adding, “If it is not reported, it never happened.” The last bit was p...
by Eunice Kilonzo
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The Wound Still Pains, 20 Years Later…

I was sent on assignment by my editor to head to the Rwanda High Commission to cover the Genocide Commemoration. This was the second time I would be attending such an event. The first was in 2011. I must say, I grew up with the...
by Eunice Kilonzo
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China-Africa Relations: From Asymmetrical Dependence to Symmetrical Interdependence

Notwithstanding the increase of trade between China and the African Union countries in the last decade, and the large number of Chinese investments in Africa, these relations are mostly to the advantage of the Chinese and thei...
by Ahmed Alqarout
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Corruption, Foreign Investment, Corporate Responsibility and SSA: The Case of Angola

On the 5th of August, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued US oil company, Cobalt International Energy Inc., with a Wells Notice in response to its operations in Angola. The Wells notice was a formal notific...
by Justin McCarthy
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Development For Whom?

Last March, Dr. K. M. Rabiul Karim of the University of Rajshahi, Bangladesh, and other scholars published an article on Global Water Forum about a water development project that caused an increase of marital violence in rura...
by Anna Lazzarin
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