South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says the country is committed to achieving world peace through negotiation, and not force.
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The relationship between South Africa and the West, especially the US, has a complex history. Not least because the US designated those fighting the apartheid regime, as terrorists.
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Tension persists between the neighbours as Kampala is yet to address all of Kigali’s grievances.
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The ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement dominated the drafting of the current transitional constitution. History could repeat itself.
A soldier salutes during a recent Armed Forces Day parade in South Africa attended by President Cyril Ramaphosa.
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The declining defence budget has eroded the operating and capital expenditure of the military, leaving insufficient funds for the replacement of equipment, maintenance, and infrastructure.
Charles Njonjo, then Kenya’s Attorney General, hosts Helen Suzman of the Progressive Party in the South African parliament in Nairobi in 1971.
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The Kenya that Njonjo sought to create was the ‘greatest living example of democracy, justice and peace’ – but there was no space for the poor.
Voting at the United Nations General Assembly special session on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Namibia’s refusal to condemn Russia undermines the credibility of its claims to support sovereignty, territorial integrity, and self-determination of all nations.
Mother and child fleeing fighting between DRC and rebels backed by Ugandan forces shelter at a refugee camp in Zambia in 2003.
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The case raises the question of what happens when a court that’s designed to keep international peace starts assigning crippling damage awards.
Chief Emeka Anyaoku, a global icon with local roots.
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The former secretary-general of the Commonwealth represents the true essence of a public intellectual and leader; his sense of duty defines his legacy.
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Africa runs the risk, yet again, of being an onlooker while others make policy for the continent.
Burundi President Évariste Ndayishimiye at the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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The return of financial inflows from foreign investment or aid support will go a long way towards jump-starting economic recovery.
Thousands of people have fled inter-ethnic clashes in northern Cameroon.
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The failures of nominally elected governments has denied leaders - as well as the democratic system - a vanguard popular constituency.
Nairobi senator Johnson Sakaja’s impromptu address in the streets of Nairobi is captured on smart phones.
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Twitter will be part of many Kenyan candidates’ campaign activities ahead of the August 2022 elections.
Smoke rises from a building set on fire at the height of looting and violence in South Africa in July 2021.
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As the July 2021 unrest and looting graphically showed, crime and lawlessness can debilitate and destroy government efforts to facilitate and support economic growth.
South African president Cyril Ramaphosa delivering the 2022 state of the nation address.
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Reviving the capacity of the state is also crucial to shoring up support for democracy in the long term.
Patrice Lumumba, left, first Prime Minister of independent Congo in 1960. The CIA celebrated his death.
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Detailed accounts from original documents offer insights into the secret operations of the CIA in Africa.
Special forces arrive at the scene of a terrorist attack at the DusitD2 hotel complex in Nairobi, Kenya, in January 2019.
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It is often difficult to place an imminent terrorist attack in a location or time.
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The study showed couch patrolling was more common than foot patrols - with social media influencing fears and suspicions.
Demonstrators hold a picture of Lieutenant Colonel Paul-Henri Sandaogo Damiba who led the coup against Burkina Faso president Roch Kabore.
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The latest coup now presents a fork in the road for West African, French, and American policymakers.
A man waves a Libyan flag as a fighter jet flies by Zueitina oil terminal in 2016.
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Whether or not elections will be able to seal the breach in the Libyan polity remains an open question.
Former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe greets supporters massed at his party headquarters shortly before his ouster in 2017.
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Leaders typically spread power among their ‘rival allies’ to keep it and co-opt enough of those elites in exchange for political support.