Africa

Great Decisions 2010 Fall Updates: Global Financial Crisis

Fall 2010 Updates provide up-to-date news about Great Decisions 2010 articles.

Great Decisions 2010 Fall Updates: Peacebuilding and Conflict Resolution

Fall 2010 Updates provide up-to-date news about Great Decisions 2010 articles.

Great Decisions 2010 Fall Updates: Global Crime

Fall 2010 Updates provide up-to-date news about Great Decisions 2010 articles.

Great Decisions 2010 Fall Updates: Kenya & R2P

Fall 2010 Updates provide up-to-date news about Great Decisions 2010 articles.

Great Decisions 2010 Fall Updates: Special Envoys

Fall 2010 Updates provide up-to-date news about Great Decisions 2010 articles.

Mass Atrocities: Preventing Future Outrages

This book by Robert I. Rotberg addresses issues such as methods to combat genocide, ethnic cleansing, and other crimes against humanity. The tenets of Responsibility to Protect (R2P) assert that states have a primary responsibility to protect its citizens. This book demonstrates the difficulty of transferring this into effective preventative measures.

Kenya's New Constitution: Tribal Loyalty Still Wins the Day

Despite the strong endorsement of a new Kenyan constitution, this Economist article reports on the differences between the country’s leading ethnic groups which demonstrates a persistently worrying ethnic polarization of politics.

U.S. Special Envoy Gration to Travel to Sudan and Kenya

This press release from the U.S State Department reports that the U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan Scott Gration will travel to Sudan and Kenya from August 16th to August 29th. He will visit Juba, Nairobi and Khartoum.

Kenya Stakes Its Reinvention on Referendum

Kenya as it strives to address the political flaws left over from 2007 by peacefully voting on a new constitution. With recent attacks in Uganda, and continued bloodshed in Sudan, the political environment is one of stress and baited breath. The question is, can they do it?

Election-Related Disputes and Political Violence: Strengthening the Role of the African Union in Preventing, Managing, and Resolving Conflict

A policy paper released by the International Peace Institute, written by the African Union Panel of the Wise, reflects on proactive strategies aimed at preventing, managing, and resolving election-related conflicts to ensure sustainable democratic governance throughout Africa.

'Yes' Win Will Be My Legacy, Says Kibaki

The President Kibaki is campaigning across Kenya in support of the draft constitution which will face a referendum in early August.

Kenya fasttracks reforms to make EAC dream a reality

Kenya has pledged to move with speed to amend immigration, citizenship and nationality laws to make them conform to the provisions of the just-launched East African Community (EAC) Common Market protocol.

Kenya to Borrow $453 Million From World Bank

Kenya agreed to borrow $453 million from the World Bank for programs to increase the country's geothermal capacity and provide healthcare for the poor.

Guinea After the Massacre

This audio slideshow from The New Yorker is narrated by reporter Jon Lee Anderson to depict images from Guinea, where political violence and a coup have occurred in the past year.

The Pirate Den

Bridget Coggins in Foreign Policy magazine profiles Somallia's pirates and takes readers inside the modern business of wreaking havoc on the high seas.

Where Autocrats Don't Fear to Tread

Jeffrey Herbst writes in Foreign Policy magazine about how some of the most notorious countries in the world are able to still operate in UN cooperative bodies, and in some cases, use them to protect themselves.

Beijing's Coalition of the Willing

Stefan Halper writes in Foreign Policy Magazine about how China's efforts to strengthen relations with failed states, particularly in Africa, has helped China further its foreign policies.

The Failed States Index 2010

The sixth annual "Failed States Index" is a collaboration between Foreign Policy magazine and The Fund for Peace. The Index provides an interactive display of the rankings and criteria to determine the stability of each country. Compare rankings from previous years as well.

Corruption Perceptions Index 2009

Transparency International uses a series of surveys to produce a The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) to evaluate the rankings of 180 countries.

The Globalization of Crime: A Transnational Organized Crime Threat Assessment

UNODC has produced this first-ever Transnational Organized Crime Threat Assessment to fill a knowledge gap and pave the way for future world crime reports. This Threat Assessment focuses on trafficking flows, connects the dots between regions, and gives a global overview of illicit markets: it reports about the ways and means international mafias have grown into an international problem.