Elections in Ivory Coast and Guinea have been grabbing headlines over the past few months, and with Liberia going to the polls at the end of 2011, and Sierra Leone the following year it is unlikely that international focus on West Africa will relent any time soon. The elections in Ivory Coast and Guinea have [...]
Elections in Ivory Coast and Guinea have been grabbing headlines over the past few months, and with Liberia going to the polls at the end of 2011, and Sierra Leone the following year it is unlikely that international focus on West Africa will relent any time soon. The elections have certainly provided a lot to [...]
The foreign policy of Tony Blair’s Labour Government has left a lasting legacy for the UK; a mixed bag that can lay claim to containing both great success and tragic failings. Politically, it was a double-edged sword: The same combination of economic stimulus, humanitarian aid, military intervention and vigorous diplomacy that met with great success [...]
President Jacob Zuma has appointed his political advisor, Charles Nqakula as his country’s special envoy to the Sudan. The decision comes as larger African economies are being called upon to increase their roles in pan-African affairs, and reflects the nation’s commitment to achieving peace and stability in Sudan. South Africa currently chairs the African Union [...]
Four African nations have agreed to the formation of a joint military force to combat the activity of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), which has spread from Uganda into much of central Africa. The governments of the Central African Republic (CAR); Democratic Republic of Congo; Sudan and Uganda committed to the creation of a brigade [...]
Charles Okah, the brother of former MEND leader Henry Okah, has been arrested in Lagos in connection with the October 1st bombings in the capital Abuja. A security source in the city told the Associated Press that Charles was arrested for providing funding for the attack, and for distributing MEND information via emails. The arrest [...]
CNN’s African Voices is a series of weekly interviews focusing on the achievements of individuals of African and Caribbean descent. Week beginning 10th August Sierra Leone’s President Ernest Koroma talked about the turnaround his country is experiencing, and how he has achieved it. But alongside figures such as Mozambican pop star Feliciano Dos Santos and [...]
New Africa Analysis is thrilled to launch its print edition in South Africa. We are looking forward to bringing together the issues affecting the country with those affecting the rest of the continent by offering news analysis and exclusive features. As your new fresh and progressive fortnightly magazine, the business of South Africa’s further integration [...]
2010 has been a tremendous year for Africa. Not only are seventeen countries celebrating 50 years of independence, but the continent has also attempted to forge ties and unite under a banner of peace. The AU’s African Year of Peace and Security reflects a milestone in the continent’s history. The past fifty years have been [...]
Amnesty International’s Secretary General has appealed for further commitment to the UN’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), claiming that change can be realized through human rights. As the as the Summit on the Millennium Development Goals kicked off today, Salil Shetty said, ‘a decade on, the fate of the MDGs is in doubt. Even by the [...]
