DRC: Is Felix Tshisekedi delivering on his election pledges?
Former President Kabila simply ignored the troubles in DRC, but current leader, Félix Tshisekedi has pledged to solve them. But is he? And what is …
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Japan sucked into Horn imbroglio
As foreign interests battle for dominance in the African Horn, Japan seeks to safeguard its access to its vital trade routes.
Subjects turn against ‘King George’
When one of Africa’s greatest footballers, George Weah won the Presidential election a year and a half ago, Liberians were ecstatic, believing they had found …
Haftar’s iron fist
Eight years ago, a wave of popular opposition similar to the current one in Sudan and Algeria toppled Muammar Gaddafi but unleashed death and destruction …
Can a bitter past signpost a better future?
In Algeria, it remains unclear what comes after the ongoing political demonstrations. But the Arab Spring – tainted by its catastrophic failures – is an …
Transitional fault lines threaten revolution
As the mood sours in Khartoum, with the military beginning to use force against peaceful protestors, Tom Collins assesses the fault lines which threaten to …