Questions tagged [africa]
Questions relating to the government or politics of the continent of Africa
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Why is France involved in Mali?
This month France has sent ground troops to and bombed northern Mali. This feels like the first time in a while that a country besides the US has stuck its neck out to fight violent Islamist groups ...
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Why did Somalia fail as a state, and what keeps it from coming back?
When considering a list of "failed" states, Yemen, Afghanistan, and Somalia are usually considered the textbook examples (see Fragile States Index, 2012).
Yemen seems to have crawled back on its ...
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