By Richard NieldSpeaking to a packed Frontline Club on 26th April, Channel 4 News' International Editor Lindsey Hilsum shared a fascinating personal insight into the revolution in Libya last year that overthrew the regime of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi after 42......more
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Recently in Africa Category
Is Invisible Children's KONY 2012 campaign baloney?
By Thomas Lowe With over one hundred million ‘views’ the Kony 2012 video has started a far-reaching debate on the aims and value of a production seen by many as an over-simplification of complex situation. Produced by the NGO ‘Invisible......more
The Tenth Parallel: Africa's fault line between Christianity and Islam
By Nicky Armstrong Solomon Mugera, the BBC's Africa editor began by describing the balance where Islam and Christianity collide as 'a delicate pendulum'. For the past seven years award-winning journalist and poet Eliza Griswold has travelled 9,000 miles along this......more
Rebuilding Libya
By Alan Selby Much has happened since this time last year. The 15th of February 2011 saw the first Libyans take to the streets of Benghazi against a brutal dictatorship which ruled over them for 42 years. The events that......more
Part 2: Democratic Republic of Congo: Presidential elections and blood minerals
By Thomas LoweMany of the challenges facing Congo stem from its size, mineral wealth and its social complexity. The result of the Congo elections says Mary Harper, Africa Editor at BBC World Service will not be known for months, yet......more
Part 1: Democratic Republic of Congo: Presidential elections and blood minerals
By Natricia DuncanAs we see landmark election in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the discussion at the Frontline Club turned to the way forward for this troubled nation.Chaired by Mary Harper, Africa Editor at the BBC World Service, who opened by......more
El Problema - The true story of Western Sahara
By Paaras Abbas "We know that somebody is watching us. We don’t know where." How many of us have a full realisation of the torture the people of Western Sahara endure on a daily basis? It’s a story that has simply......more
Action needed to stop South Sudan becoming a "failed state"
The world's newest nation, South Sudan, will be at risk of becoming the next failed state without the support of the international community, a House of Lords committee has warned.In a report published today the Lords EU foreign affairs sub......more
Plunder of the oceans - The rise of pirate fishing, impacts and solutions
By Shyamalie SatkunanadnanWith more than one billion of the world’s population reliant on fish as their main source of protein and up to 90 per cent of fish disappearing in some parts of the oceans, the impact of illegal, unregulated......more
Ivory Coast: a watershed for African democracy?
Now that defiant former leader, Laurent Gbagbo is in custody and Alassane Ouattara has been installed as the duly-elected president of Ivory coast what are the lessons that can be learned if an election is disputed in the future in......more
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