Challenging Norms, Changing Practices
THREE days after the August 30 UN deadline lapsed for Khartoum to intervene in the humanitarian crisis in Sudan’s Darfur region, the secretary-general’s special envoy, Jan Pronk, told the Security Council that the government had failed to disarm the Janjaweed rebels or halt their campaign of violence against civilians. Now what?
In Pursuit of the Record
Freedom of information laws are proliferating in Africa, but access remains poor
A Pending Crisis of Overlap
The many layers of regional organisation complicate trade agreements on and off the continent
Regionalisation and Africa’s Search for Economic Renewal
The continent’s architects pursue development through integration, but lessons from Europe and Asia suggest the approach is mistaken
Little Progress Toward Meeting Malaria Targets
On a continent where HIV/AIDS has become the primary killer and most controversial health-care issue, efforts to curb another deadly disease – malaria – have faltered.
High Cost of an Imported Used Spiderman T-Shirt
Second-hand clothing imports unravel local textile industries from Nigeria to Namibia
Africa and the US Vote
By the time the next issue of eAfrica comes out, there will be a certain degree of clarity about what the next four years might hold for the United States and, most urgently, the Middle East.
Darfur and the Politics of Genocide
THREE times in the past 60 years the world has said ‘never again’ in response to genocides in Europe, Cambodia and Rwanda. But little has changed.
Naming Unspeakable Crimes
KING Leopold. Hitler. Pol Pot. Mugabe. Bagosora. Milosevic. These names are readily associated with, if not fully synonymous with, pivotal acts of large-scale killing in the 20th century.
A Crisis in Search of a Label
Darfur must be seen as part of a larger puzzle of peacemaking in war-torn Sudan. How can we name the Darfur crisis?