Why Is It Taking So Long? Solving the…

Polus, A., and W. Tycholiz. 2016. ‘Why Is It Taking So Long? Solving the Oil Extraction Equation in Uganda." African and Asian Studies 15(1): 77–97. https://doi.org/10.1163/15692108-12341357 Abstract During the past decade, Uganda has become one…

Namibia: Ready or not for oil?

The main purpose of the research is to answer the question if Namibia as a second generation petro-state can avoid oil resource curse phenomenon. Research hypothesis states that African countries where oil has been discovered…

New friends, old friends? The World Bank and…

With China increasing its financing of Africa's development, roles have shifted and new roles are being assigned. The World Bank, having been for many years a prime and essentially unchallenged financier of Africa's development, is…

Aborne

ABORNE is an interdisciplinary network of researchers interested in all aspects of international borders and trans-boundary phenomena in Africa. The emphasis is largely on borderlands as physical spaces and social spheres, but the network is…

Contextualising Chinese engagement in Africa

In seeking to cultivate external relations with African countries, China has long stressed its commonly shared roots with African nations as a developing country rather than a Western state, and as such the symbolic attraction…