In Case You Missed It: 12/7/15 — 12/13/15

Central Africa, East Africa, In Case You Missed It, North Africa, Regions, Southern Africa, Topics, West AfricaLeave a comment

The most impor­tant in this week’s head­lines out of and con­cern­ing Africa, for those who need help catch­ing up. In this week’s news, farm­ers in Burk­i­na Faso take a risk, South Africa appoints a new Min­is­ter of Finance, and Burundi’s cri­sis con­tin­ues. Farm­ers In Burk­i­na Faso Reject Indus­tri­al Farm­ing Farm­ers in Burk­i­na Faso are tak­ing what…

Niger 2010: Lessons in African Governance

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Intend­ed Audi­ence: Stu­dents of African pol­i­tics ***Open book study: 1 hour. Please see ques­tions at end of the page. You are wel­come to sup­ple­ment your read­ing with mate­r­i­al out­side of the text book. What recent­ly hap­pened in Niger and what are the con­se­quences: The rever­ber­a­tions of a “soft coup” which occurred in the ura­ni­um rich nation of…