Rumblings galore after surprise results in Congo polls
It has been roughly 36 hours since the DRC’s independent electoral commission CENI has announced provisional results of presidential and provincial legislative elections (the third ballot, national legislative elections, still not published). Coming in at around 3am local time, the announcement had already been delayed a couple of days – as has been the ballot … Continue reading
‘Conflict Minerals’ – An Open Letter
Over a few months, we have been working on de-mystifying the discourses on so-called “conflict minerals” in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and to constructively but critically assess the policy response these discourses have provoked so far. The outcome is a letter signed by 70 Congolese and international observers. In the following paragraphs, first published with … Continue reading
The drama of post-colonial governance in contemporary African politics
Today’s global discourses feature a large variety of thoughts relating to current governance in many places in the world. In an age of globalisation and concurrent modes of governance, statehood, administration, and society organisation have emerged. The African continent, despite its massive variety of political culture and governance modes, prominently shows up as a place … Continue reading
Kony 2012 revisited: A short bibliography on opinions worth taking into account
Without any longer comment, a couple of pieces (in random order) I may not all endorse at a 100% but I deem absolutely worth and important to read when it comes to the phenomenon of the Kony2012 campaign by Invisible Children finding its continuation in yesterday released “Move“ video: http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/03/the-white-savior-industrial-complex/254843/?single_page=true by Teju Cole http://www.warscapes.com/reportage/not-click-away-joseph-kony-real-world by … Continue reading
Die Rückkehr der reißerischen Reportagen über den Kongo
Eine Replik auf Thomas Scheens Artikel „Die Rückkehr der Räuber“ in der FAZ vom 07. August 2012 URL: http://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/kongo-die-rueckkehr-der-raeuber-11847661.html (Das Titelbild dieses Artikels ist ein Screenshot dieser Internetseite) Sehr geehrter Herr Scheen, mit Verlaub, Sie sind ein erfahrener Journalist, der für eine anerkannte deutsche Tageszeitung, die Frankfurter Allgemeine, Afrikaberichterstattung betreibt, die ich seit langer … Continue reading
Failed States Index 2010 – Same same, but different!?
Finally, I take the issuance of this year’s Failed States Index as an opportune occasion to start writing again. To have a short-cut introduction, for different reasons I did not manage to write earlier on this blog. First, I felt somewhat exhausted after all the reporting from my work in Haiti during January, February and … Continue reading
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