A lot have people have been asking "Why now?" for more robust measures against the LRA. The LRA has been operating for two decades, and this represents the biggest US effort so far; what explains the change? I don't think that the answer is that...
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A few brief thoughts on the Kony mission. David Dayen: The Administration’s claimed legal justification comes from a law called the Lord’s Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act of.
I would be remiss to not mention the death of the great African environmentalist, feminist, and activst Wangari Maathai. The Kenyan activist began her activist career by figuring out that.
Or something, anyway: Army troops shot dead the president of the tiny west African country of Guinea-Bissau early Monday, following a bomb attack that killed the army chief of staff, according to diplomats in the region.News reports said army troops blamed the president, João Bernardo...
Just finished up the Patterson School Fall Conference . This year's topic was Africa; visiting luminaries included such esteemed blogospheric figures as David Axe of War is Boring. In a.
Swaziland:A great event was soon forthcoming — on Saturday, in fact. To prepare for the day — the 40-40 Celebration, so-named to honor the king’s 40th birthday and the nation’s.
This is the fifth in a seven part series on the Patterson School Summer Reading List.In Spite of the Gods, Edward LuceThe Utility of Force, Rupert SmithNegotiating Change, Jeremy JonesEnemies of Intelligence, Richard BettsThe Bottom Billion, Paul CollierPaul Collier's The Bottom Billion is about the...