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Isaac Oine Ugbabe is a Nigerian novelist who incorporates the turbulent African news scene into his world fiction. A Master’s thesis on the West African oil industry has bolstered his in-depth knowledge of the continent’s often-controversial current events. Isaac can be reached at yourpieceofafrica@gmail.com.

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Realpolitik and Referendums: The EU's role in deciding Omar al-Bashir's fate

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Last week, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir controversially decided against attending a summit of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) in...
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Eternal bliss in Ethiopia: Meles Zenawi's inexcusable ignorance

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Echoing the Ethiopian government’s recent call for food aid, British diplomat, Paddy Ashdown, has requested the international community’s...
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Bing Tuan and bauxite: China’s not-so-pragmatic, if predictable, partnership with Guinea

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According to reports by Reuters and the BBC, China is in talks with Guinea over a $7bn oil and mining deal that, once completed, will serve as a...
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Don't leave, Dadis: A little West African nation clings to legitimacy

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Last week came the first suggestion that Guinea’s interim president, Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, might extend his stay at the top. A group of...
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Running it into the ground: The Democratic Republic of Congo and corporate governance

Global Witness, a human rights activist, has seen enough to recommend that sanctions be imposed on companies sourcing minerals from the...
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G8 to answer Africa’s prayers

The World Food Program, a United Nations aid organization, last week reported from the G8 summit in L’Aquila, Italy. It said the body’s...
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Pay-out or pay-off: Royal Dutch Shell’s settlement and Nigeria’s wink of approval

In an unprecedented move, the multinational oil company, Royal Dutch Shell, last month offered to pay $15.5 million to the families of nine anti-oil...
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Whose diabolically brilliant idea was it to give Russia access to Nigeria’s gas reserves?

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Pawns don’t usually win a game of chess, as Russian strategists well know, but a gas pipeline from Nigeria well might. Russian president Dmitry...
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Conflict-free diamond mining and other oxymora

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(Windhoek, Namibia) A summit of the Kimberley Process (KP), a government, commercial, and civil society initiative that aims to keep the global...
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