Tag: Africa
78 Articles
- Conflict & Security
A Very Ethiopian Tragedy: Tigray, the TPLF, and Cyclical History
The recent eruption of conflict in Tigray, Ethiopia’s northernmost province, is a deeply worrying development for Ethiopia itself as well as for the wider region. The launching…
January 28, 2021
- Conflict & Security
A New Type of Threat: Russia, China and Digital Authoritarianism in West Africa
At a compound on the outskirts of Accra, Ghana, a group of people post messages to over 200 various social media accounts. Their goal is to spread disinformation about police…
December 26, 2020
- Conflict & Security
An Update on Preventing Violent Extremism in the Horn of Africa
According to the 2017/2018 Amnesty International Annual Report, “the world witnessed a rollback of human rights,” a trend that did not escape the HoA region. For example in…
August 10, 2020
- Science & Technology
Ecosystem Restoration as an Immunization for Humanitarian Crisis: The Case of Lake Chad
In order to stop the conflict around Lake Chad, a concerted effort of many stakeholders is needed to build a new future for the area with social and environmental contracts based…
August 7, 2020
- Society & Culture
Redefining Justice: How Local Perspectives of Genocide Memory Inform Policy and Practice in Rwanda
Redefining Justice The early transitional Rwandan government decided first to arrest and punish suspected perpetrators in international, national, and local courts. Other justice…
June 12, 2020
- Science & Technology
Controlling Corruption to Improve Water Security: Lessons from the South African Water Sector
In the mid-90s, South Africa was seen as a global leader in the water sector. In 2002, South Africa spearheaded a campaign to set a global goal for sanitation provision, now…
June 3, 2020
- Human Rights & Development
How Natural Resource (Mis-)management in the Nile River Basin May Threaten Stability
If managed properly, the GERD offers benefits to Ethiopia and the wider region. Ethiopia sees domestic electrification and international energy sales from the GERD as its pathway…
May 20, 2020
- Society & Culture
State Authority Restoration in the Central African Republic: The Striking Gap Between Its Past, Its Potential, and People’s Expectations
The vibrant academic debate on state authority restoration demonstrates how crucial the issue is to the endurance or abatement of conflict. Joel Migdal investigates how state…
April 27, 2020
- Business & Economics
Drones, Development, and Discovery
The Benefits of Drones for Development Drones can be understood as a transaction-cost reducing technology. Transaction costs are the costs associated with discovering,…
April 15, 2020
- Global Governance
In the Shadow of the British Empire: International Law and the State of Decolonization
These conflicting impulses of Britain’s trajectory are clearly displayed in the Indian Ocean, on a small set of islands called the Chagos Archipelago. There, Britain’s…
March 9, 2020