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131. Second-Generation Africans in the West Could Spur an Era of Brain Gain

LSE alumnus Amma Aboagye examines the economic benefits that could emerge from children resulting from the mass exodus of African migrants to the West during the 1980s and 1990s.

132. Steady Progress? 30 years of Museveni and the NRM in Uganda

On 29 January 1986 Yoweri Kaguta Museveni addressed Ugandans for the first time as national leader: “No one should think that what is happening today is a mere change of guard; it is a fundamental…

133. Tough love: here are 5 reasons why the world gets away with treating Africa very badly

Last thursday an international conference on war-torn Syria in London pledged in half a day a record $10 billion; raising $7 billion in immediate humanitarian aid. For a watcher of international…

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The African Media Barometer Tanzania 2015

Even though most African countries enshrine principles of freedom of expression in their constitution, the practice often leaves much to be desired. The African Media Barometer (AMB) identifies and…

135. How severe is Africa’s Brain Drain?

A country’s true strength is its people. To Africa’s dismay, the continent continues to suffer a brain drain where the highly educated and skilled leave for greener pastures. LSE’s Scott Firsing…

136. Big Men revert to the old ways as hopes for democracy are set back in Africa

When then-President Bill Clinton visited Africa in 1998, he praised “a new generation of leaders” as champions of a dawning “African Renaissance.” Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni was one of them: Two years…

137. Special Challenges Eritrean Refugees Face in Europe

Questions have been raised about the legitimacy of Eritrean asylum seekers as Europe tries to find a pretext to rid itself of Eritreans. An example of such an effort is the sponsorship of a…

138. Are election observer reports worth the paper they’re written on?

Election observers from the East African Community and elsewhere in the world are already trooping into Kampala. President Yoweri Museveni will be seeking a further five-year term in the coming…

139. Migrants and the ‘business’ of the boat journey from Libya to Europe

In migrants’ daily life in Libya, they were often exposed to various forms of violence by different actors – militias, security forces, criminal gangs – and to arbitrary arrest and detention, often…

140. Burundi: what can actually be done?

The violence in Burundi is evolving and getting worse. Challenges to President Pierre Nkurunziza’s rule are becoming professionalised, as demonstrated by the attacks on two military camps in…