africa & democracy: all articles

Friday 17th July

Nelson Mandela: assessing the icon

He led South Africa beyond apartheid. He remains a global hero. But what of the revisionist case?
Friday 8th May

Eritrea: slender land, giant prison

A nation once respected for its independence struggle is now crushed by repressive leadership
Tuesday 3rd February

"The Kenya we want"

The post-election violence leaves a bitter legacy. But the official inquiry is a resource for justice
Monday 2nd February

Zimbabwe: wrong way, right way

A desperate people deserve better than another pro-Mugabe political fix. Here it is
Tuesday 22nd July

What is global justice and who is it for? The ICC’s first five years

The International Criminal Court needs to get closer to those in whose name it operates
Monday 14th July

Sudan and the International Criminal Court: a guide to the controversy

To charge Sudan’s president with genocide and war crimes in Darfur is momentous - and dangerous
Thursday 26th June

Sudan in a fix

A rooted conflict and a blocked peace spell stalemate in Sudan and its region

Tuesday 24th June

Zimbabwe: a tale of two leaders

A one-man election faces Africa's leaders with a choice - to turn against Robert Mugabe at last
Tuesday 19th February

Chad: between Sudan’s blitzkrieg and Darfur’s war

The wars provoked by Sudan's revolutionary Islamist regime are failing to deliver the regional control Khartoum seeks
Thursday 10th January

Kenya’s trauma, and how to end it

A national disaster needs a strong, imaginative - and global - response

Monday 7th January

Europe, Africa and EPAs: opportunity or car-crash?

The agreements that govern European-African trade need a late rethink

Wednesday 2nd January

A past of power more than tribe in Kenya's turmoil

How far were the pogroms prefigured by Kenya’s political elite long before the first ballot was cast?

Tuesday 11th December

African legacies: settler-colonialism, land-politics

Zimbabwe and Kenya offer a different mix of colonial folly and African leadership
Wednesday 5th December

Khartoum’s calculated fever

The cold logic behind the Sudan regime's zealous rhetoric
Monday 3rd December

The Commonwealth: punching below weight

The Commonwealth in Kampala failed to live up to its own principles

North Kivu: how to end a war

The hardest problem of central Africa's conflict can be solved
Thursday 1st November

Sudan between war and peace

All roads in Sudan's nightmare lead to Khartoum
Tuesday 30th October

Niger: the uranium curse

Tuareg revolt and commercial-political rivalry drive Niger to an abyss
Tuesday 9th October

Water problems in Somalia: a photo-essay

The effects of war, poverty and displacement dominate the daily lives of Somalian women

Friday 7th September

Chad's tragedy

The implosion of Chad has become part of a wider regional conflict

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