Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Jared Ferrie PIBOR, South Sudan , Jan 24, 2012 (IPS) – In the ward of a partially destroyed clinic, Mangiro (who did not give his last name) sat on a bed next to his wounded nine-year-old daughter, Ngathin. The little girl is fortunate, she survived the recent [...]
Nigeria Turning to a Powder Keg
January 21, 2012 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN IDN-InDepth NewsAnalysis A wind of disgruntlement is blowing across Nigeria. There are fears that, unless President Jonathan steadies the ship of state, divisions within the polity and the rising discontent could be hijacked by political opportunists to cause something more catastrophic. ABUJA (IDN) – Unless something urgent happens, [...]
Survival Fear Stalks Millions in West Africa
November 23, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Jerome Mwanda IDN-InDepth NewsReport NAIROBI (IDN) – Massive leasing of lands, which the government of Mali justifies with the need to "modernize" the country’s agriculture, is threatening the survival of populations dependent on the water flows of the Niger River in Mali and in the rest of [...]
The Rush for Oil in West Africa – The New Wild West?
November 18, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Meena Bhandari FREETOWN, Nov 18, 2011 (IPS) – There is a new oil rush off the coast of West Africa. But there are fears that the sector is not sufficiently regulated, and watchdog groups are raising concerns about transparency and governance in the region. Anticipation is building [...]
A New Proxy War in Scramble for Africa
November 18, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN IDN-InDepth NewsEssay – Part 3 of 3 Kenyans can now reflect on the changing alliances of the US military inside Somalia before and after the Ethiopians were defeated by nationalist elements. Abdi Samatar has written extensively on the ebb and flow of the fabrication of terrorism. It is [...]
Behind ‘Counter-Revolution’ In East Africa
November 18, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN IDN-InDepth NewsEssay – Part 2 of 3 The government of Yoweri Museveni in Uganda is seeking external support from the conservative factions in the United States as the region of the Great Lakes becomes a major target for increased oil exploration and production. In what is now being [...]
Remilitarisation of Africa Set to Fail
November 16, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN By Horace Campbell* IDN-InDepth NewsEssay – Part 1 of 3 Kenya’s foray into Somalia, led from behind by U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), represents a heightened threat to peace and reconstruction in Africa, especially East Africa. This Western-supported incursion is more against the Kenyan people than against the forces [...]
World’s Biggest Hydropower Scheme Will Leave Africans in the Dark
November 15, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Kristin Palitza CAPE TOWN , Nov 15, 2011 (IPS) – South Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo have signed an agreement to build a major hydroelectric power project, which is said to bring electricity to more than half of the continent’s 900 million people. But economic [...]
Europeans Enjoy Best Healthcare – Africans the Worst
July 14, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IDN IDN-InDepth NewsReport By Richard Johnson LONDON (IDN) – Whereas poverty and rampant corruption stand in the way of healthcare facilities in most of the developing lands, ageing population in Western Europe is posing a serious challenge to levels which presently make countries of the region outshine, says [...]
SOUTHERN AFRICA: Majority Still Lack Access to Safe Water
July 12, 2011 By
Global Geopolitics & Political Economy / IPS By Charles M. Mushizi MBABANE, Swaziland, Jul 12, 2011 (IPS) – Only two in every five people in the Southern African Development Community has access to safe water for drinking and household use. Three quarters of those lacking access, live in rural areas and the majority of these [...]
