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Another Man's War - The Story of a Burma Boy in Britain's Forgotten African Army
Tue, 16/09/2014 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm
  Date & Time: Tuesday, 16 September 2014, 7-9 PM Venue: Khalili Lecture Theatre (KLT), SOAS   Speaker: Barnaby... more

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Monday, 16 December 2013
As an individual member of the RAS, you join a network of people committed to Africa's advancement.    Individual membership... more

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Sahara Soul
27/09/2014 - 7:30pm

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African Arguments

African Arguments - Violence, photography and the iconography of South Sudan’s cattle camps – By Carol Berger
Tuesday, 29 July 2014 - 11:31am
Nuer cattle camp north of Bentiu, Unity State,... more
African Arguments - Somalia food shortages worsened by NGO policy and anti-terrorism laws – By Mohamed Mubarak
Tuesday, 29 July 2014 - 8:34am
AMISOM (African Union Mission in Somalia) helps... more

Richard Dowden's Blog

Africa’s aging leaders must give way to a new generation or face disaster
Monday, 30 June 2014
Written by Richard Dowden
Telling Africans and their leaders what to do – or not do – is not in my nature. Outsiders do not have a good record in this area. But sometimes situations and events become so precarious and decisions taken are so obviously going to lead to disaster that you have no choice but to say... more

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