The price of Africa’s natural resources has been affected by current turmoil in world markets. Uncertainty, which in markets translates into volatility, is now substituted by pessimism and panic, translated into decreasing stock markets worldwide.
Last weekend, the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) was in the spotlight in Benin. From 25-26 October 2008, participating African Heads of State and Government gathered in Cotonou for the first Extraordinary African Peer Review Forum.
On 1 October 2008 the US military’s African Command was launched in Washington DC. Two weeks later a similar ceremony took place at Africom’s headquarters in Stuttgart.
While the new Ibrahim index assessing governance in Africa is remarkably comprehensive, it fails to poll citizens on their perceptions of how well they are ruled, writes George Katito of the South African Institute of International Affairs.
The Chinese drive into the resource sector in Africa has already received much attention in the media and, increasingly, in scholarly literature.
Les enquêtes désignent l’opinion publique. Qu’en retient-on dans la conception et la mise en œuvre du MAEP.
Opinion surveys capture public perceptions. What are the key considerations when designing and implementing them in the APRM?
Following Thabo Mbeki’s abrupt resignation as South African president last month, there has been much speculation about the possibility and desirability of a new political party emerging from disgruntled ruling party members.
The African continent played a minor role as a theatre of rivalry between the two superpowers during the Cold War, from the late 1940s to the early 1990s, but a role nonetheless.
The dramatic events of the past few weeks, starting with one of the world’s most powerful investment banks — Lehman Brothers — going to the wall and insurer AIG teetering on the brink, has left a wounded western financial world licking its wounds and looking anew at its model of global finance.
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