Looking for Clues in al-Zarqawi’s Wake
ONE of the most vexing riddles of the global war on terror is what effect capturing or killing Osama bin Laden might have on the nature and trajectory of transnational violent jihadism.
‘Our Way for Them to Cheat’
Last week, the government unveiled some of its plans for its self-assessment required by the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM).
Nepad Policy Focus: Back to the Blackboard: Looking Beyond Universal Primary Education in Africa
This report highlights the challenges in African education and encourages governments to start planning and expanding their secondary education sector. The report was edited and produced by SAIIA’s Nepad and Governance project which is funded by Royal Netherlands Embassy.
African Tradition Upholds Free Speech, Democracy
To suggest that Africans cannot understand or do not care about free speech, electoral fairness or misappropriation of public funds is to misread African traditional culture, write Kwaku Asante-Darko and Ross Herbert, in a guest column for allAfrica marking the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Lesotho Country Report
This report presents the results of research conducted by the author in Maseru in 2004, the instruments and methods of which appear in the first section.
Mauritius Country Report
This report begins with a short historic background on Mauritius highlighting the development of democracy and parliament as an institution.
Botswana Country Report
This study is aimed at understanding the nature and effectiveness of parliamentary democracy in Botswana with a view to helping improve it.
Mozambique Country Report
The objective of this study is to find answers to a number of questions regarding parliament in Mozambique – its roles, functions and importance to the country’s democracy.
Nepad should redesign Africa’s economy
When the colonies in Africa and Asia became independent from 1945 to 1965, their political leaders were faced with two main challenges.
African Agriculture: From the filing cabinet to the field
African agriculture is in crisis, and the price tag the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (Nepad) has put on its recovery is not small.