Articles tagged with: Security
The world’s most valuable individual prize is not being awarded for a second year because no-one is deemed worthy of winning it.
Sudanese businessman Mo Ibrahim set up the $5m (£3m) prize for …
Cheetahblog Comment: Though tackling a quite issues, this piece has the merit to be thought-provoking.
Muammar al-Qaddafi isn’t exactly known for brilliant ideas on maximizing political justice; his own country, Libya, is essentially his …
Senegal’s President Abdoulaye Wade says his country is taking back control of all military bases held by the former colonial power France.
He made the announcement in a televised address as Senegal marked …
A former government minister tells the inside story of how trickery, corruption, political plots, and a power vacuum are tearing apart this West African giant.
What’s needed now is a clean sweep of the administration to …
Since Muammar Gaddafi came to power in 1969, Libya has been Chad’s most important neighbour. During the Habré presidency, a hostile relationship was marked by military interventions, but since President Déby took office, Libya has …
As much as I do not buy the idea that we should settle for endless wars in certain pockets of the continent, this article makes great point on the need to rethink the way to …
Celebrities like Mia Farrow and George Clooney may have done more to prolong the suffering of Darfur than resolve the crisis in Sudan’s war-torn region, a new book argues.
“The Save Darfur movement with its celebrity …
Just stumbled upon an interesting CNN op-ed which argues that the world hunger for mobile devices is fueling the Congolese conflict because:
“Armed groups in eastern Congo that control minerals, mines and trading routes generate an …
Over 70 people have been killed and about 430 000 others displaced from their homes after several weeks of torrential rains. The UN fears a looming humanitarian catastrophe. African leaders believe that this unusual outburst …
(…) Hope would appear not to be a feeling inspired by an encounter (in day or night) with Africa. The ’80s and ’90s are called “the lost decades” for what is also known as “black …
