Political Geography: East Africa / Topic: Development

Author:: Jacqueline M. Klopp and Abdullahi Boru Halakhe
Publication Date:: 10-2019
Content Type:: Special Report
Institution:: Georgetown Journal of International Affairs
Abstract:: Carbon politics is playing out in oil-producing African countries with lethal consequences. Countries like Nigeria, Angola, Sudan, and South Sudan are conflict-ridden and economically unequal, and, as climate change concerns clash with new fossil fuel-driven development efforts, carbon politics is taking on ever-greater significance. While the scramble for fossil fuels could increase authoritarianism as it spreads in East Africa, an ecologically-driven imperative to address climate change could reinforce stronger democratic institutions.
Topic:: Climate Change, Development, Oil, Natural Resources, and Democracy
Political Geography:: Africa, Sudan, Nigeria, Angola, East Africa, and South Sudan

Author:: Benjamin Augé
Publication Date:: 12-2019
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: Institut français des relations internationales (IFRI)
Abstract:: East Africa has the potential to experience a gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG) export boom in the coming years due to several projects that have been released. Mozambique has approved two projects totaling more than 15 million tons per year (Mt/yr.) of liquefied gas and a third should be started by the end of 2019. The first ENI Floating Liquefied Natural Gas plant (FLNG) will come onto the market in 2022 and four other onshore liquefaction trains, two of which will produce 6.44 Mt (Anadarko/Total) and two of which will produce 7.6 Mt (ExxonMobil/ENI), will be available around 2025. However, with the recoverable reserves, the companies involved are counting on 50 or even 60 Mt/yr. by 2030. This volume will help this East African country to achieve the world’s fourth-largest LNG export capacity in the medium term after the United States, Qatar and Australia. As for Tanzania, no development should be approved before 2020 in the best-case scenario.
Topic:: Security, Development, Oil, and Gas
Political Geography:: Uganda, Kenya, Africa, Mozambique, Tanzania, and East Africa

Author:: Paul Kagame
Publication Date:: 09-2019
Content Type:: Video
Institution:: Columbia University World Leaders Forum
Abstract:: This World Leaders Forum program features an address by President Paul Kagame of Rwanda, Perspectives on African Integration, followed by a question and answer session with the audience.
Topic:: Security, Development, International Trade and Finance, and Economic growth
Political Geography:: Africa, New York, Rwanda, and East Africa

Author:: Ameenah Gurib-Fakim
Publication Date:: 09-2017
Content Type:: Video
Institution:: Columbia University World Leaders Forum
Abstract:: This World Leaders Forum program features an address by Her Excellency Mrs. Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, President of the Republic of Mauritius, titled, Rethinking Africa's Future Through Science, Technology and Innovation, followed by a question and answer session with the audience. Welcome, Introduction and Moderated by: Jenik Radon, Esq., Adjunct Professor of International and Public Affairs, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University in the City of New York
Topic:: Climate Change, Development, Economics, Science and Technology, and International Affairs
Political Geography:: Africa, East Africa, and Mauritius

Author:: Michael Asiedu
Publication Date:: 02-2017
Content Type:: Policy Brief
Institution:: Global Political Trends Center
Abstract:: On the 22nd of January, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan embarked on another tour of three East African countries, Tanzania, Mozambique and Madagascar. These visits bring his total trips to 10 in Sub Saharan Africa, the most by any Turkish president. Earlier in 2016, he visited Ghana, Guinea, Cote d’ivoire, Nigeria, Kenya, Uganda and Somalia. These trips to a much larger extent signify the increasing policy attention Turkey is giving Africa.
Topic:: Development, Diplomacy, Bilateral Relations, Geopolitics, and Trade
Political Geography:: Africa, Turkey, Middle East, Mozambique, Tanzania, Madagascar, and East Africa

Author:: Gilbert M. Khadiagala
Publication Date:: 10-2008
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: International Peace Institute
Abstract:: “Eastern Africa” denotes the geographical area comprising the seven member states of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD): Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, and Uganda. Tanzania is also included because it has had long historical and political interactions with Kenya and Uganda within the rubric of the East African Cooperation (EAC). The main challenges to human security in this region have originated from political and state fragility, resource scarcities, and environmental degradation. All these factors have contributed to a regional context that is characterized by intrastate conflicts, interstate wars, and political extremism. Raging civil wars and interstate conflicts have, in turn, produced forms of statelessness and marginality that have deepened societal insecurities and strained human livelihoods. Consequently, in addition to profound political instability and economic destitution, human security is arrayed against escalating communal violence, small arms proliferation, and massive movements of people within and beyond the region.
Topic:: Development, Environment, and Poverty
Political Geography:: Uganda, Kenya, Africa, Sudan, Ethiopia, and East Africa

Publication Date:: 01-2005
Content Type:: Working Paper
Institution:: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Abstract:: On December 26, 2004, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake off the west coast of Northern Sumatra, Indonesia, triggered a tsunami—a series of giant waves—that inundated coastal areas of Indonesia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, and Malaysia, as well as Indian Ocean islands and parts of East Africa.
Topic:: International Relations, Development, Economics, and International Cooperation
Political Geography:: Indonesia, Malaysia, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and East Africa

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