Source: Christian Science Monitor
Uganda Sugar Exports Stymied by Wars, Regional Trade Barriers
Source: Bloomberg
Kagame’s ambitious challenge
Source: The Independent
Source: Ventures Africa
Farmers challenged by Africa
Source: Pune Mirror
Trade, not aid, key to helping Africa
Source: The National
Digital battle for African phones
Source: IOL Business Report
Bahrain team helping spread Islam in Africa
Source: Gulf Daily News
Which way for railway transport in East Africa?
Source: The Observer
How Ramadan Impacts Online Shopping Patterns
Source: Ventures Africa
How your old pants and shirts pick pockets of the world’s poorest
Source: Sunday Express
Rich Vietnamese snorting rhino horns are causing a poaching explosion in South Africa
Source: Quartz
African Union Summit endorses Seychelles’ proposals to make tourism a transformative force for Africa
Source: eTurboNews
Parliament to be stripped of powers to deploy KDF
Source: Standard Digital
Libya investment fund names new chief
Source: Arab News
Conflict Alert: Halting South Sudan's Spreading Civil War
Source: International Crisis Group
Mbabazi: My Speeches are Examined with Political Lenses
Source: Chimp Reports
Nigerians among top property buyers in South Africa
Source: Business Day
Multirole Combat Jets Propagate Across Sub-Saharan Africa
Source: Defense News
Marc Faber: Africa is Not Going to Be Another Southeast Asia
Source: The Market Oracle
Bad apples in Africa: Chinese traders' and companies' behaviour worries envoy
Source: South China Morning Post
Investors use Casablanca Finance City to tap Africa’s potential
Source: Financial Times
Central African Republic: killings in the time of transition
Source: Daily News Egypt
When Eritrea gained independence in 1991, hopes were high for its transformation. In two decades, however, it became one of the most repressive in the world, effectively a militarised "garrison state". This comprehensive and detailed analysis examines how the prospects for democracy in the new state turned to ashes, reviewing its development, and in particular the loss of human rights and the state's political organisation. Beginning with judicial development in independent Eritrea, subsequent chapters scrutinise the rule of law and the court system; the hobbled process of democratisation, and the curtailment of civil society; the Eritrean prison system and everyday life of detention and disappearances; and the situation of minorities in the country, first in general terms and then through exploration of a case study of the Kunama ethnic group. While the situation is bleak, it is not without hope, however: the conclusion focuses on opposition to the current regime, and offers scenarios of regime change and how the coming of a second republic may yet reconfigure Eritrea politically.