Ugandan opposition threatens That Which Did Not Work At All in Burundi
Next month, Uganda is having a presidential election — or, depending on your viewpoint, a mini-re-coronation. The Economist last fall called Museveni a “king…
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Is the Oppositin Giving Up in Uganda?
Uganda President Museveni’s grip on power seems so strong ahead of the upcoming presidential election that an opposition candidate is considering pulling out of…
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What WordPress wonders about Cote d’Ivoire
Most of the time, the funny things on that list of “things people searched to get to my blog” isn’t all that different from…
Read MoreLasers vs. pirates: The new Somali frontier
The British are going to try beating back pirates with specially-crafted laser canons. I’m not kidding. “We are using the laser as a kind…
Read MoreOn Sudan, the view from outside Africa
All eyes are focused today on southern Sudan, where a vote begins that most expect will create Africa’s newest country — and, it turns…
Read MoreAre state “secrets” really so malleable?
From the Christian Science Monitor, I got this tidbit about the coming prosecution of Jeffrey Sterling, accused of leaking classified information to a reporter….
Read MoreEvent: Sudan after the referendum
The Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, DC is hosting a conversation about post-referendum Sudan on Monday, January 10. For details, check…
Read MoreWorth your bandwidth
I’ve spent a few days catching up on one of my favorite podcasts, “How We Got Here.” The podcast is the brainchild of Jeb…
Read MoreIs development a (Waltian) “bad idea”?
If you haven’t seen it yet, Stephen Walt’s piece, “Where Do Bad Ideas Come From?”, in the new issue of Foreign Policy demands a…
Read MoreCoda: Making myths about conflict zones
One more thing I want to pull up from the comments on my Cote d’Ivoire post, from Rebecca: On the streets here, especially during…
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