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Morocco and its "New Border". A Critical Lecture of Morocco's Economic African Strategy

Date de publication
24 June 2010
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Since Mohammed VI came into power, Morocco’s African policy has undergone notable change in comparison to his predecessor’s period.

The Financial Challenges of the Sub-Saharan Africa Telecoms Boom

Date de publication
09 June 2010
Accroche

Telecom industry has taken a significant place within of the economy of most African countries. In this aspect, it is an undeniable source of economic growth and development. It impacts on the financial sphere at three levels. 

ICT and Health Systems in Africa

Date de publication
07 June 2010
Accroche

An increasing number of projects in the health sector in Africa draw on Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).

The Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline: An Illusion or a Real Prospect

Date de publication
18 March 2010
Accroche

8 % of worldwide gas reserves are located on the African continent. Its relative economic weakness and the almost total absence of gas networks leads to a very reduced interior consumption (almost nonexistent outside Algeria and Egypt) which permits an important export capacity of the continent’s gas. Linking Sub-Saharan-Africa and the European Union (EU) with a gas pipeline thus is a reasonable project in economic terms.

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Vers un nouveau régime politique en Afrique subsaharienne : Des transitions démocratiques dans l'impasse

Towards A New Type of Regime In Sub-Saharan Africa: Democratic Transitions but no Democracy

Date de publication
16 March 2010
Accroche

Sub-Saharan African hopes of democratization raised by the end of the cold war and the decline in the number of single party states are giving way to disillusionment. Today, even countries such as Senegal and South Africa, reputed for their democratic nature, are threatening to veer towards authoritarianism.

The Financial Challenges of the Sub-Saharan Africa Telecoms Boom

Date de publication
01 February 2010
Accroche

Telecom industry has taken a significant place within of the economy of most African countries. In this aspect, it is an undeniable source of economic growth and development. It impacts on the financial sphere at three levels.

Arabs and Tuaregs in Colonial and Malian Armed Forces: A Story in Trompe-l'Oeil

Date de publication
01 January 2010
Accroche

This contribution consists in analyzing the unifying or opposing relations between the central State-power and the southern part of central-Saharan populations, mainly Arabs and Tuaregs, within the relational framework of colonial and Malian armed forces.

Trafficking in the Sahel-Saharan Zone: Features and Stake

Date de publication
01 January 2010
Accroche

On November 5th 2009, a cocaine-loaded Boeing 727 aircraft arriving from Venezuela was discovered torched and emptied on a makeshift airstrip in the Malian desert (Gao region). The sahel-saharan area is clearly a contact zone between very distant worlds.

Kenyan Crisis: Interview with Hervé Maupeu

Date de publication
31 January 2008
Accroche

The recent violence that ensued in Kenya has taken many commentators by surprise. The appearance of stability and economic progress that the Eastern Africa country had built around a supposed successful democratic transition, just imploded. In this interview Hervé Maupeu, Head of the CREPAO and expert on electoral mobilization issues, discusses the current crisis. He details the deep political, social, economic and land divisions which have ripped Kenyan society apart.

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