Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan attends the opening of the new Turkish embassy in Mogadishu in June 2016.
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Turkey harbours strong national ambitions, and a willingness to grow and use its military muscle alongside economic instruments.
Tom Thabane has resigned as the Prime Minister of Lesotho amid a scandal over his wife’s murder.
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Since the demand for resources far outmatches the patronage available, Lesotho’s political arena has become brutally competitive.
South African police minister Bheki Cele (left) claims success in the investigation of political killings in KwaZulu-Natal. With him is the head of the police, Khehla Sithole.
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The task team established to investigate political killings in KwaZulu-Natal has had little impact on exposing those behind the violence.
The UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan.
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Unless member states try to solve the contradictions in expectations, UN peacekeeping will not be fit for purpose in the future.
Rwandan soldiers line up to receive their UN peacekeeping medals for their work in Juba, South Sudan in 2019.
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The number of personnel deployed in UN peacekeeping has slowly been decreasing.
Protesters march against gender-based violence and femicide in South Africa.
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Underlying direct or personal violence is structural violence that is entrenched in unequal power relations in society.
Kenyan military troops and US marines carry out a joint military exercise in Manda Bay near the coastal town of Lamu.
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Declining US involvement in The Horn would leave a vacuum that others can fill.
Muzaffar’s life story illustrates the complex linkages between climate change and conflict.
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Directly linking climate change with aggression and mass migration risks dehumanising those vulnerable to environmental stresses. Mufazzar’s story does the opposite.
Efforts to mitigate the double edged nature of social media in politics must take into account local information environments
A woman flees as a riot police officer beats her with a baton during a protest over fees at the University of Nairobi.
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In spite of numerous reforms, it is evident that various forms of misconduct are interpreted as a part of everyday police work
Clouds of smoke from burning cars mark the skyline of Culiacan, Mexico, during a 12-hour siege by the Sinaloa Cartel, Oct. 17, 2019.
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A series of brazen, highly visible attacks by Mexican drug cartels have killed at least 50 people in the past month, terrorizing citizens and making the government look weak on crime.
The Sidama referendum result is just the beginning of what is expected to be a long process to self-determination.
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In practical terms. Sidama’s successful push has created more groups that aspire to homogenise the demography of their regions.
Ivorian sailors participate in an anti-piracy hostage rescue scenario with the Ghanaian Navy during Exercise Obangame Express.
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Feeding a simple narrative of piracy without a broader look at other maritime security challenges hinders progress in dealing with it.
The Berlin Wall symbolised the Cold War divide between the capitalist West and communist Soviet Union.
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Marking the end of the Cold War offers the chance to reflect on the changes and continuities in African politics and international relations since 1989.
President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed of Somalia (left) and Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta.Their countries are in a row over territory.
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As Kenya and Somalia scramble for offshore oil and gas, foreign investors wait eagerly on the sidelines
Security at border crossings in West Africa has increased.
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A community driven approach to border patrol could be more useful than providing arms for border guards
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Many South Africans hold onto the hope that a win in the World Cup translates into another defining moment for the country.
A woman casts her ballot in Guinea’s presidential elections in the capital Conakry, in October 2015.
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Popular theories of high-level electoral conspiracy shaped the emergence of new political orientations
Russian President Vladimir Putin (waving) with some of the heads of state who attended the first Russia-Africa Summit in Sochi, Russia.
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At the Sochi summit, African states embraced Russia’s newly established relations.
The border closure has affected goods from other West African countries.
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Efforts to increase trade within the continent are being undermined from the start