Africa's Odious Debts: How Foreign Loans and Capital Flight Bled a Continent
By Leonce Ndikumana and James Boyce. In Africa's Odious Debts, James Boyce and Léonce Ndikumana…
The difficult task of defeating ISIS and other terrorist groups that emulate them
Bruce Newsome. ISIS (the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham; more transliterately known as the…
Cyberspaces and Global Affairs
Sean S. Costigan. Reviewed by Andrew Whiting. This book consists of a series of chapters covering a…
Terronomics
David Gold and Sean S. Costigan. Reviewed by James Boswell. Today, no single issue dominates the…
The International Criminal Court takes on Laurent Gbagbo head on
Anna Holligan. Inside the courtroom, Laurent Gbagbo seemed unsteady, leaning on his desk as he…
More worries as more Kenyan youths become radicalized
Tonny Onyulo. Three years ago In Nairobi, Kenya, Solomon Osman woke up in a dimly lit room in…
Battling Terrorism in the horn of Africa
By Robert Rotberg. Reviewed by Thomas Sanders. Although Afghanistan and Iraq are at the epicenter…
Cumulative official neglect of youths in northern Nigeria now 'rewards' the country with radicalization and insurgency
With youth unemployment close to 83% in most of the northern states of Nigeria, it is easy for the…
African Development: Making sense of the issues and actors
By Todd I. Moss. Reviewed by Peter Lewis. Africa presents some of the greatest challenges of…
The wave of terrorist attacks in Europe and America is creating hardship for African migrants
Thousands of African migrants and refugees fleeing war, repression and poverty have long…