The Nordic Africa Institute (Nordiska Afrikainstitutet) is a center for research, documentation
and information on modern Africa in the Nordic region. Based in Uppsala, Sweden, the …

The Mwalimu Nyerere Professorial Chair in Pan-African Studies was inaugurated by the
prime minister in April 2008. It is the first of its kind, in more ways than one. First, of course, it …

Home to more than 1.2 billion people, living in 54 recognized states, speaking around 3,000
languages, Africa is a diverse and complex continent made up of states which differ in …

The present work discusses the evolution of the development and international insertion
strategies adopted by nations in the African continent since the mid-20th century, period …

The global economic crisis is bound to reverse gains made in the war on poverty and
frustrate the efficacy of ongoing pro-poor programmes. This assessment flows from the bleak …

Promising growth rates, increased trade, and competition among major global players for
African resources have boosted the development and bargaining power of sub-Saharan …

The Nordic Africa Institute arranged jointly with the Swedish Development Forum (FUF) and
the Global Publications Foundation (Stiftelsen Global Kunskap) a seminar on “Western …

AFRC Armed Forces Revolutionary Council. This regime removed the SLPP-led
government, headed by Ahmad Tejan Kabba from power in 1997. Johnny Paul Koroma was …

the best of the African people: all too often, this constellation encouraged and protected self-
enrichment schemes for dictators and/or small local elites through forms of rent seeking or …

Described as a partnership of equals, and predicated on a model of participative democracy,
the Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) have been designed as World Trade …