The United Nations Mission in Western Sahara (MINURSO) was founded in 1991 to oversee the ceasefire of a sixteen-year war as well as the self-determination referendum on the future of…
Since the mid-1990s, xenophobia and xenophobic violence against migrants have been deeply entrenched phenomena in South Africa, further exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. The pandemic has been used as a…
The nine military coups in Africa since 2020 are not homogeneous. There is a diversity in causes and purposes behind these coups. However, there is a striking similarity among all…
The recruitment and use of child soldiers by state and non-state actors remains a frequent occurrence in Africa despite local and international efforts to combat the practice. While eradicating the…
Since December 2017, about 8,000 peacekeepers have been withdrawn from the African Union’s 22,000-strong force in Somalia amid an increasingly costly stalemate with al-Shabaab that has depleted troop morale. The…
Mali’s surprise withdrawal of consent from the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission in June 2023 has introduced a new crisis of insecurity. Its political center remains at threat of attacks…
As Washington and other Western capitals place increasing focus on the expanding footprint of the Kremlin’s Wagner Group in Africa, policymakers should understand the private military company’s motivations and capabilities…
From the satanism scare of the 1980s and 1990s to the contemporary myth of White genocide, White South African culture seems to be particularly prone to moral panics. This article…
In international relations, cities occupy a rich focal point of migration, economic activities, and other distinctive urbanized social formations. The work of Professor AbdouMaliq Simone asks us to reevaluate…
In July 2022, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) announced that it was auctioning indefinite leases for oil and gas exploration. In total, the parcels cover over 800,000 square kilometers…
