Blue Lines
An early winner in the diplomatic gamesmanship around the COP21
Climate Change Conference in Paris, where 150 world leaders gathered
this week,
is China. Environmental
degradation and fossil fuel pollution have
become physical dangers for hundreds of mill...
Guest Blogger
By Chantal Uwimana, Regional Director for Sub-Saharan Africa at Transparency International
Finn Heinrich, Director of Research at Transparency International
When it comes to corruption, much of Sub-Saharan Africa is seen as a lost cause. There are ...
Blue Lines
As the global media spotlight stayed on the Da'ish attacks on Paris and
the aftermath, a suicide bomber killed more than 80 people in a
vegetable market in Yola, Nigeria,
attracting little attention. In
fact, there was more fuss about the demand from Afri...
Patrick Smith
This week African and European leaders head to Malta to
discuss new plans to limit migration while Senegal hosts
a summit on the growing security problems in the region. Tomorrow, Nigeria's
President Buhari is due to announce his
cabinet at last and some ...
Blue Lines
Just in time to offer some respite from the China slowdown blues, enter India, hosting an Africa summit on
26-29 October. With 41 African heads of state in attendance, it seems
Prime Minister Narendra Modi
got the timing right, with promises to deepen tra...
Patrick Smith
This week there is a warning of more trouble to come as Congolese officials suggest national elections be postponed, while the dispute between Nigerian officials and South Africa's MTN over a US$5 billion bill might escalate further. President Alassane Ou...
Blue Lines
It's a bumper election week with results coming in from the national contests in Tanzania and Côte d'Ivoire and from Congo-Brazzaville's referendum on changing the constitution to allow President Denis Sassou-Nguesso yet another term. Meanwhile, a Ni...
Blue Lines
Britain's Africa relations have
been peppered in recent years with near misses, faux pas and a general lack of
policy, but this may be changing with major conferences on migration,
next month in Malta, and on
climate change, in Paris in December. British...
Patrick Smith
This week South Africa's
African National Congress starts preparing for next
year's municipal elections after their policy conference and
predictions of more economic troubles. Political troubles could worsen
in Guinea as the opposition
refuse to accept t...
Blue Lines
This year’s Index of African Governance from the Mo Ibrahim Foundation shows that since 2011 – the year of the Arab Spring and the United States’ financial recovery – human development and rights, and participation have improved but security and economic ...
