Radio France Internationale, 27 June 2017

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borders, Djibouti, Eritrea, Qatar, RFI

ARI Director, Edward Paice was interviewed by RFI on how the Saudi-Qatar rivalry affects stability along the Djibouti-Eritrea border.

Edward Denison Fiat Tagliero building in Asmara Eritrea

Modernist architecture in Asmara, Eritrea

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Africa Research Institute, African architecture, architecture, Architecture in Africa, ARI, Asmara, colonialism, Dr Edward Denison, Edward Denison, Eritrea, fiat tagliero, fiat tagliero petrol station, london, UK

Speaker: Edward Denison (UCL Bartlett School of Architecture)

Princes’ Progress: Reconstruction and authority in Eritrea and Rwanda

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Africa, authority, democracy, Eritrea, Great Lakes, Horn of Africa, Isaias Afwerki, MDGs, party politics, Paul Kagame, Politics in Publications, reconstruction, regional security, Rwanda

While President Paul Kagame’s leadership of Rwanda has been championed as “visionary”, President Isaias Afwerki is accused of transforming Eritrea into a rogue, pariah state. Popular perceptions of these comparable countries have been simplistic – and polarised.

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