Posts Tagged ‘Africa’

New in Ceasefire, North African Dispatches - Wednesday, December 7, 2011 7:32 - 0 Comments

North African Dispatches | Will The Arab Spring Bring North African Unity?

In the first of a two-part series examining the likely effects of the 2011 Arab uprisings on the prospects for closer African unity, Imad Mesdoua reviews the obstacles and openings facing Pan-Maghreb integration.

New in Ceasefire, North African Dispatches - Thursday, October 27, 2011 12:45 - 1 Comment

North African Dispatches | Tunisia: The Real Revolution Starts Now

This week, millions of Tunisians lined up at polling stations to vote in their country's first ever open, democratic elections. In his latest column, Imad Mesdoua considers the significance of the occasion and what lies ahead for the country and the region.

New in Ceasefire, North African Dispatches - Wednesday, November 10, 2010 2:16 - 6 Comments

North African Dispatches The House of Gaddafi: Keeping it in the family

In 1969, Muammar Gaddafi led a successful coup against the Libyan monarchy. Forty years on, he's still at the helm, ever more eccentric but seemingly unmovable. In this week's column, Imad Mesdoua looks at the increasingly persistent question of Libya after Gaddafi.

New in Ceasefire, North African Dispatches - Wednesday, October 27, 2010 0:00 - 7 Comments

North African Dispatches Africa’s Forgotten Colony

In a new column, 'North African Dispatches', Imad Mesdoua casts a light on the case of Western Sahara, Africa's last, forgotten colony. He traces the history of the region from Spanish colonialism to Moroccan occupation, and charts the tremendous obstacles in the path to freedom that the Saharawi people have faced over the past decades. Unless a just peace is found soon, Mesdoua argues, the repercussions are bound to be disastrous for the region.

Features, The Anti Imperialist - Thursday, November 26, 2009 0:03 - 0 Comments

Africa, racism and the West

US military intervention in Africa, writes Adam Elliott-Cooper, is premised on a Western understanding of a global racial hierarchy in which Africans are at the bottom.

Features, The Anti Imperialist - Friday, January 9, 2009 5:05 - 1 Comment

Africa: the return of colonialism

We tend to think of problems on the African continent as purely internal. But, argues Adam Elliott-Cooper, that ignores our own role in fuelling the brutal conflicts that are taking place.

Ideas - Monday, July 21, 2008 17:13 - 4 Comments

What is imperialism?

We’ve all heard the word, but what does it mean? Here, Dr. Andrew Robinson looks at the economic and social history of imperialism, examining the work of key thinkers, and asks whether imperialism is still around us.

Features - Friday, February 3, 2006 1:28 - 0 Comments

Chad’s Genocide: Missed by the Media

Masses of information from the media constantly bombard us yet, paradoxically, often the most important goes uncovered. Take for instance, Africa. A country like Sudan suddenly comes under the spotlight. Reports of rape, massacre and corruption in the Darfur region reinforce all the stereotypes about the “dark continent” of savage aliens. And then, just as quickly, Sudan will fall from view.