Zanzibar’s anti-riot police officers stand guard over protesters cornered during opposition protests in Stone Town, Zanzibar.
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The emerging partisan politics and the polarisation it creates is a new threat for Tanzania.
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa (L) is congratulated by leader of the Inkatha Freedom Party Mangosuthu Buthelezi (R) after being elected president of South Africa during the swearing in of new members of the National Assembly.
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The failure of the 2021 post-election deal is a missed opportunity for the African National Congress and Inkatha to work together.
Refugees who fled Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict queue for contributions before sunrise in eastern Sudan.
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Despite the recognition of risk, it’s clear that the scope and severity of the Ethiopian crisis has caught many by surprise.
Women march with placards calling for peace and their rights on the streets of South Sudan’s capital, Juba, in 2018.
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Trust and confidence-building are vital in divided nations where various and often antagonist constituencies are brought together.
Displaced women and children shelter in temporary camps in Metuge, after fleeing from armed militants in Cabo Delgado, northern Mozambique.
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Study shows that Mozambique 1992 peace agreement was never the success it was claimed to be. The country’s democracy remains weak.
Eswatini King Mswati II’s despotic rule is increasingly under pressure from citizens yearning for democracy.
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The deteriorating situation prompted regional leaders to intervene in a bid to restore peace and stability.
Somalia is one of East Africa’s terrorism hotspots.
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All terrorism in the region has domestic origins but is linked to regional and international events.
A cheering crowd surrounds the toppled statue of Russian revolutionary leader Vladimir Ilyich Lenin in Addis Ababa following the overthrow of the Ethiopian military regime in 1991.
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Prevailing political attitudes, security actors, alliances and geopolitics differ starkly from the final days of the hated Ethiopian military regime.
Former South African President FW de Klerk photographed in Pretoria in 1989.
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FW de Klerk as National Party conservative was paradoxically the right leader at the right time to relinquish white minority rule.
United Nations Security Council.
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The UN Security Council resolution adopted to address the Yemeni crisis ended up constraining its efforts to bring peace.
Young Nigerians holding up a banner at the 1-year memorial of the Lekki shootings.
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Young people’s use of technology such as Twitter shows that they are interested in politics and governance and have found a way to participate.
Religion plays a significant role in governance in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Civil society can play a role by holding political authorities accountable.
President Félix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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President Tshisekedi’s government no longer has the excuse that it’s being hampered by the dead hand of his predecessor Joseph Kabila’s cabal.
Soldiers from the French Army in Mali. The withdrawal of troops has begun.
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There are few visible results on the ground after eight years of war in Mali.
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari signs a document alongside Minister of Justice Abubakar Malami
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A state of emergency can be easily abused and lead to violations of fundamental human rights.
Sudan’s Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok (foreground centre) and Sovereign Council chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (right) tour the armed forces general command in Khartoum.
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Competing visions of Sudan’s future are coming to a head with the democratic aspirations of millions hanging in the balance.
Resolutions should include dialogues with all parties involved in the herders-farmers conflict.
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Farmer-herder conflict is taking its toll on productivity in northern Nigeria. Efforts to solve this problem must include all stakeholders and take into account their concerns.
Stability and peace cannot be produced by importing legal experts to hold workshops and advise on laws.
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Shari’a, most certainly, is not just a tool of violent radicals with a particular set of ideas about sexual morality and gender relations.
Some members of the Nigerian Armed Forces Sniper Unit.
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The atrocities and motivation of bandits have assumed insurgent-type criminality. But the Nigerian government is reluctant to label them terrorists or insurgents.
Former Nigerian president General Olusegun Obasanjo.
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The AU’s choice of Olusegun Obasanjo as chief mediator raises even more questions about its partiality in Ethiopian conflict.