Tag: Africa
78 Articles
- Conflict & Security
Principles or Pragmatism? How to React to West Africa’s Slew of Coups
It has become an all too familiar scenario in West Africa: men in military fatigues appear on national television to solemnly announce that the president has been deposed and the…
May 5, 2022
- Human Rights & Development
Gender and Terror: Boko Haram and the Abuse of Women in Nigeria
Officially known as Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād, Boko Haram is Nigeria’s most prominent insurgent sect, fighting for Islamic rule in the country. …
April 5, 2022
- Global Governance
Prospects for Multi-Party Political Dialogue in Eswatini
Local organisations and the international community have called for a dialogue process to calm the situation. For such a process to have an effect, those pressing for reform must…
March 24, 2022
- Global Governance
Replacing Consociationalism with a Meshwork Model in South Sudan
The R-ARCSS framework was designed to embody structural reforms aimed at transforming the politics, military formations, economy, and security architecture of the Republic of…
March 14, 2022
- Society & Culture
African Environmental Philosophy, Injustice, and Policy
African Environmental Philosophy and Environmental Protection Until recently, there were no printed works on African environmental ethics and philosophy. To date, very limited…
February 16, 2022
- Human Rights & Development
Madagascar’s Famine Is More than Climate Change
In June of 2021, the World Food Programme (WFP) announced that 14,000 people in southern Madagascar were facing a Level Five “food catastrophe,” the most severe category of…
January 24, 2022
- Human Rights & Development
Gender Ideologies, Leadership, and Development in Cameroon
Women in Cameroon face barriers to attaining leadership positions. These barriers appear both in both physical and ideological space. Physical spaces consist of leadership…
December 17, 2021
- Society & Culture
#EndSARS: An Evaluation of Successes and Failures One Year Later
In October 2020, an internet hashtag took Nigeria and the world by storm. #EndSARS, a call for the disbandment of Nigeria’s special anti-robbery squad (SARS) unit, was the top…
December 13, 2021
- Global Governance
Responding to Mozambique’s Islamic Insurgency: Will Foreign Military Assistance Make a Difference?
A worsening insurgency in Mozambique’s northern Cabo Delgado province since October 2017 became international news after the March attack on the district center of Palma and…
September 15, 2021
- Business & Economics
The African Union Private Sector Development Strategy: A Catalyzer of Socio-economic Transformation in Africa
During the last two decades before COVID-19, Africa recorded an average annual 4.6 % growth rate despite an unfavorable international economic and financial environment. This…
July 15, 2021