Jean Marc Bertrand Ntakpe: 18 books

Botswana Governance and Political History, Towards the turn of the 19th century, the people who resided in the area known as Botswana, made up at least eight ethnic Chiefdoms whose peoples shared a common language and history, and co-existed in relative peace. Traditional boundaries of the southern...

Gabon Democracy in question, Political History. Find out more about this African tiny rich country, the political situation, corruption and security status, ritual killing and more. The Book on Gabon has it all. Formerly part of French West Africa, Gabon was granted internal autonomy in 1958 and became...

History of Djibouti Political Governance. An information Book. Ethnicity as a major springboard of identity politics has significantly affected the Republic of Djibouti since 1960s as Colonial rule, the Cold War and regional politics contributed to widen the rift of ethnic cleavage between Afar and...

Comoros Economy and Political Leadership. A history Book. The three islands that form the present state of Comoros were French protectorates at the end of the 19th century and were proclaimed colonies in 1912. Following a referendum in December 1974, the Comoran Chamber of Deputies unilaterally declared...

History of Gambia Political Governance and Economy. Democracy practices, Human right and Trade Management. A Book on Gambia Environment will guide you through. Political risk in the tiny West African state of “The Gambia” is high. Named after the small river around which its borders fluctuate,...

Guinea Bissau Political Struggle and Early Conflict. Guinea-Bissau Environmental Information Book. Political fault lines reopened in Guinea-Bissau after President Jose Mario Vaz sacked the government of the fragile West African country amid a mounting power struggle with the prime minister. But while...

Angola Economy and Political Leadership. Angola Early Economic situation. Angola Present Economy. Angola War history. The Angolan government faces a paradox: It is an incredibly rich country, but also a very poor one. Like most African countries, it faces some of the steepest development challenges...

Burkina Faso Governance, Economy Political History Since its independence on 5August 1960, the political scene has been characterized by the succession of constitutional regimes and emergency laws resulting from military coups d’etat. The return to constitutional life started in 1991 with the adoption...

During the last two decades, many countries in sub-Sahara Africa embraced centralization as a new management strategy to render local government, broadly understood, more democratic, accountable, and responsive to the pressing social and economic needs of their citizens. The urgency of these reforms...

Ethiopia Economy and Political Layout. Agriculture, Environmental Management. Find out about Ethiopia Economy from years back, A Book. Good governance is primarily concerned with the processes for making and implementing decisions irrespective of whether the decisions are wrong or right. The term...

Andros Island, Travel Guide and Environmental Information. History, Vacation, Holiday, Environment. Andros, the second-largest island of the Cyclades, has a long and proud seafaring tradition and, conversely, is a walker’s paradise. Its wild mountains are cleaved by fecund valleys with bubbling...

Central African Republic Governance and Political Conflict. The ongoing presidential and legislative elections in the Central African Republic (CAR) look set to produce a new government in early 2016. The foremost responsibility of the country’s elected leaders and the Central African people will...

Congo Brazzaville Political History. A Book you would want to read. President Denis Sassou Nguesso’s new term in office, a continuation of his decades in power after a murky re-election, has gotten off to a rocky start since violence in the Republic of Congo has left his political opponents fearing...

Burundi Political Conflict, and Governance. The assessment of the Burundian crisis to be developed in this paper takes as its starting point conclusions reached by notable scholars of the region like Prunier (1995), Lemarchand (1994), Chrétien (1993), and Vidal (1991), where terms like, “struggle...