The Hissène Habré “political and legal soap opera”

April 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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Guest post by David Styan In recent weeks media coverage of African criminals and their victims have been dominated by capture (Kony) and conviction (Lubanga), largely overshadowing the latest twist in the most comprehensive and longest-running African legal case, that of Chad’s Hissène Habré. His crimes — the torture and extra-judicial killing of tens of […]

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Libya’s African Problem

March 4, 2011 By 5 Comments
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As the report by Al Jazeera English, above, indicates, being black in Libya, always a precarious existence, have become even more dangerous since the revolt against Muammar Gaddafi’s regime commenced. I asked my former PhD advisor, David Styan–who writes on politics in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa and who is based at Birkbeck […]

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The Darkness in Senegal

September 9, 2009 By 2 Comments

My former PhD adviser, David Styan, pointed me to this mixing of popular protest and music in Senegal (not widely reported in English speaking media):  Both old school crooner, Youssou N’Dour, and Senegalese rap pioneer, Didier Awadi, have just released songs (for free download and Senegalese radio) laying into the Senegalese government over electricity cuts.  […]

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