Tag: Africa
77 Articles
- Conflict & Security
Countering Violent Extremism in the Horn of Africa
The terrorist group initially focused its operations in the country. However, the July 2010 dual bombings in the Ugandan capital of Kampala underscored the group’s shift in…
October 10, 2015
- Conflict & Security
Human Rights, Refugees, and the Conflict over the Western Sahara
The Polisario has repeatedly been accused of massive human rights violations against a refugee population that they supposedly manage and protect. Moreover, the group has been…
September 24, 2013
- Online Archive
Mali: This is Only the Beginning
Finally, the situation in Mali was rotten enough for international intervention. First because the mujahideen of Ansar Dine, the Movement for Tawhid and Jihad in West Africa …
July 26, 2013
- Online Archive
France, Mali, and the Limits of Intervention
In essence, this would entail the French launching a counterinsurgency operation for an indeterminate period of time. This logic ignores one simple fact: the French cannot win a…
February 18, 2013
- Online Archive
The Place Of Mouridism In Senegalese Civil Society
In 1883, colonial rule precipitated the emergence of Mouride founder Cheikh Amadou Bamba, a Sufi standard-bearer, exile, and nonviolent critic of French authority. The city of…
January 17, 2013
- Online Archive
Engaging Conflict: Five Minutes with Chester Crocker
[GJIA] What motivated you to pursue a policy of constructive engagement toward South Africa? Knowing what you do today, would you have done anything differently when dealing with…
February 21, 2012
- Online Archive
The Georgetown Journal’s Guide to Occupy Nigeria: Why Hawkers Love a Traffic Jam
In 2007 the CIA predicted that by 2015 Nigeria would either become a failed state or, following Sudan’s recent example, split into more than one country (separating the North…
February 14, 2012