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Power Sharing Agreements and Problematic Elections in Africa

Are power sharing agreements a bad solution to flawed African elections? In the January 2011 issue of Governance, I point out that most of what we know about successful power sharing comes from either post-conflict countries or from cases which actually lack important features of power sharing models.  However, many of Africa’s recent power sharing [...]

January 12, 2011 · admin · 4 Comments
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Security Sector Reform and AFRICOM in Liberia

AFRICOM’s new “think tank,” the Social Science Research Center (no relation to the 90 year old Social Science Research Council based in New York) recently published a study on “Civilian and Enlisted Perspectives on the Armed Forces of Liberia.”  The report comes at an important time.  Not only is the U.S. military taking over direct [...]

November 28, 2010 · admin · One Comment
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AFRICOM, Foreign Aid, and African Economic Growth

My new article, “The Political Economy of African Responses to the U.S. Africa Command,” appears in the current (fall 2010) issue of Africa Today.  Using an original dataset of over 500 references in African print and radio media outlets from 28 countries, the study uses content analysis to link aid dependence overall – and aid [...]

November 28, 2010 · admin · 3 Comments
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Nigeria’s 2011 Elections: Obstacles and Opportunities

This new electoral law contains important new provisions, including a requirement for party primaries and various steps to improve the efficiency of election result appeals. Significantly, it also requires electoral results to be declared at the polling unit and at the ward level…

September 29, 2010 · admin · 3 Comments
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Kenyan Human Rights Activist Arrested in Uganda

Al-Amin Kimathi, Executive Director of the Muslim Human Rights Forum (MHRF), was arrested last week in Uganda and brought up on terrorism charges in relation to the bombings this summer in Kampala.  Kimathi has been working over the last several years to document extraordinary renditions which involve US and Kenyan authorities. According to a statement [...]

September 24, 2010 · admin · 2 Comments
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