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May 2011
Africa’s Reluctant Fertility Transition
by Richard Cincotta
“Fertility decline and a maturing age structure typically prove more indicative of future human development . . . than do shifts toward economic or political liberalization. Why should it be any different south of the Sahara?”
May 2011
Education in Africa—The Story Isn’t Over
by Rebecca Winthrop
“Strategies to promote access to schooling are necessary but not sufficient for achieving successful learning for all of the region’s children and young people.”
May 2011
Kabila’s Congo: Hardly “Post-Conflict”
by Thomas Turner
“The real question is not whether Kabila will win reelection, but how he has survived for 10 years in the presidency.”
May 2011
Perspective: North Africa’s Epochal Year of Freedom
by Augustus Richard Norton and Ashraf el-Sherif
Uprisings in North Africa have electrified the world and inaugurated a new era in the region, but their outcomes are uncertain. The old order could yet prove resilient.
May 2011
Books: Southern Africa Beyond Caricature
by William W. Finan Jr.
A new book traces the political development of South Africa and Zimbabwe through the personal histories of leaders who started as revolutionaries and became presidents.
May 2011
The Month in Review
by the editors of Current History
An international chronology of events in March 2011, country by country, day by day.
May 2011
Map of Africa
by the editors of Current History
Map of Africa
May 2010
Nigeria’s Season of Uncertainty
by Richard Joseph and Alexandra Gillies
“Three years after Nigerians gave the largely unknown Yar’Adua the benefit of the doubt despite his disputed electoral victory, their hopes again rest with an untested leader.”
May 2010
Ethiopia Is Headed for Chaos
by Berhanu Nega
“Once the 2010 election passes without any meaningful change, the real contest among rival political and ethnic forces will work itself out in the theater of armed rebellion.”
May 2010
African Economies’ New Resilience
by Peter M. Lewis
“Near-term prospects for the region’s economies are encouraging when one considers the enormous shocks of the recent crisis and the depth of the global downturn.”
May 2010
Zuma’s First Year
by R.W. Johnson
“So factionalized and divided is the ANC that it is not clear that either the party or the country is still governable.”
May 2010
More Aid Is Not the Answer
by Jonathan Glennie
“Most analysts on the continent do not share donor nations’ optimism that a big push in aid will make a big difference in the lives of poor Africans.”
May 2010
Perspective: The Rape of Zimbabwe
by Robert I. Rotberg
Ending Robert Mugabe’s purge of his country’s human and physical capital will require more pressure smartly applied, particularly by neighboring nations.
May 2010
Books: Behind China’s Rise in Africa
by William W. Finan Jr.
A new book likens Beijing’s proliferating interests on the continent to the dealings of a “Godfather” engaged in everything from oil and uranium to textiles and infrastructure.
May 2010
The Month in Review
by the editors of Current History
An international chronology of events in March 2010, country by country, day by day.
May 2010
Map of Africa
by the editors of Current History
Map of Africa
May 2009
Obama’s Africa Agenda
by Jennifer Cooke
“The Obama administration needs to persuade a potentially skeptical Congress and public that Africa warrants investment; that the gains of the past decade should not be put at risk. . . .”
May 2009
In Congo’s Conflict, a Surprising Twist
by Jason Stearns
“It would be foolhardy to believe . . . that a deal between Kigali and Kinshasa will bring an end to battles for power in North Kivu province.”
May 2009
Sudan: A State on the Brink?
by John Prendergast and Colin Thomas-Jensen
“If the international community takes advantage of its newfound leverage, Khartoum’s increased isolation, and discontent within the ruling party, Bashir’s end may well be in sight.”
May 2009
Labor Markets in Africa: Multiple Challenges, Limited Opportunities
by Scott D. Taylor
“Even before the global economic downturn, the structural problems in African labor markets were daunting.”