The Congo Wars: The Curse of Mineral Wealth Explored Samuel Gagnon-Hartman Apr 30, 2018 In 1994, the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), led by Paul Kagame, defeated the perpetrators of the…
A Scandal of Succession: The Battle for the MPLA Andrea Gyimah Mar 22, 2018 One of the promises former Angolan president Jose dos Santos made upon nominating Joao Lourenco as his successor…
A Brief History of Angola’s Troubles With the IMF Andrea Gyimah Mar 1, 2018 Like many developing countries, Angola has a complicated relationship with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).…
Will Zimbabwe’s Mnangagwa Succumb to the Stability Doctrine? Taylor Mitchell Feb 13, 2018 2017 was a revolutionary year for democracy in Africa. On September 1st, Kenya’s Supreme Court made history by…
Flashback: The Implications of Angola’s Civil War Andrea Gyimah Jan 17, 2018 While the Angolan Civil War ostensibly began as another proxy war between the Soviet/Cuban-supported MPLA and the…
The Purge: Oil and the Angolan Economy Andrea Gyimah Nov 27, 2017 Lourenco has begun puring is cabinet of Dos Santos loyalists. Will this help end the corruption plaguing the…
Conditional Empowerment: Shifting Community Land Rights for Kenyan Pastoralists Liam Ragan Nov 23, 2017 Pastoralism has been a key feature of East African savannas for millennia. Herders in Kenya practice mobile…
Angolan Media: The Propaganda Machine Andrea Gyimah Oct 31, 2017 Despite the fact that "freedom of the press" is loosely protected in the Angolan Constitution, the former…
Big Pharma’s Ominous Role in Nigeria’s Fake Drugs Crisis Taylor Mitchell Oct 24, 2017 In 2008, mothers of teething infants visited their local Nigerian pharmacies to purchase some medicine to ease…
The Horn of Africa: Black Rhino conservation in Kenya and how it intersects with… Liam Ragan Oct 19, 2017 The State of Rhinos in Africa Global rhino populations today are a tenth of what they were at the…