People power prevailed when the Senegalese electorate voted for Macky Sall as their country’s new President, defeating the incumbent, Abdoulaye Wade, whose controversial decision to contest a third term led to massive demonstrations against him, which left six people dead. The constitution was amended to limit the presidential term to two, with the 85-year-old Wade [...]
African National Congress (ANC) Youth League president Julius Malema has been suspended from the party for five years. The youth leader, perennially in the headlines, is still a topic of discussion despite losing his official position. The commentariat is energised as they continue to discuss his downfall and what it means for the ANC and [...]
With 5500 police at the Notting Hill Carnival over, there were expectations of a repeat of the behaviour of young people in the London riots that would have scuppered the fun filled weekend festival. Instead the usual fun, food, dancing and entertainment were in abundance, and the carnival did itself proud with more than one [...]
Welcome to our new and improved magazine. Your favourite publication on African progression is now bigger and better. From bimonthly we have now expanded to a bigger monthly magazine with a new design and increased pagination and content. In our August issue we report on the Somali drought and ask: has the Western perception of [...]
In the latest edition of NAA we report on the status and role of the African Union, who have been frustrated in their efforts to deal with the Libyan crisis; the organisation have not been taken seriously. However, it seems hardly surprising that this is the case given their lack of effective action in the [...]
The genie, as they say, is out of the bottle in the Maghreb; the democratic change genie that is, and it will be hard to see how it can be bottled up again. The flames of democracy are burning and in the wider continent, political dinosaurs are quavering as their authority is challenged. Tunisia’s Ben [...]
Democratic agitation is on the increase in Africa, a sign that the continent is moving up. In the latest edition of New Africa Analysis due out Monday 24th January, we take a look at the Maghreb region; in Algeria and Tunisia, where what started as small scale demonstrations for regional autonomy, and, unemployment and economic [...]
As the political situation in Ivory Coast continues to deteriorate, heads of state from the ECOWAS community today met with Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan to discuss potential solutions. Leaders from Benin, Cape Verde and Sierra Leone, alongside Kenya’s Prime Minister Raila Ondinga (representing the African Union) arrived in Abidjan yesterday, but despite a day of [...]
Well, I sincerely hope not. Along with Network Africa, the BBC World service’s Focus on Africa is an institution, not just at the BBC but also for many millions of Africans. It is vital for those who really want to know what is going on around the continent and to hear their leaders put on [...]
When the UN announces to the world that it will take ‘appropriate measures’ to contain a dangerous and deteriorating situation it inevitably means that they are planning sanctions. But if a country’s own army has sealed its borders, and its own government has expelled the international press, one has to wonder how effective any sanctions [...]
