Kiir and Machar have been pivotal figures in most of South Sudan’s short history as an independent nation.
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Political extremism has a checklist. The more boxes are checked, the closer political extremism gets.
The idea of what it means to be South Sudanese is not universally accepted in the young nation.
Every five years, underlying ethnic rivalries are rekindled through songs, words, euphemisms, epithets and slurs.
There is no evidence that international migrants are a major cause of unemployment in South Africa. Misinformation drives this misconception.
Wheat and bread play a central role for food security and political stability in Sudan.
Public trust and confidence in the police is a concern in many parts of the world. How can Nigeria get it right?
The creation of the G5 Sahel added to the traffic of security groupings in the region
Uganda uses unpredictability to combine democratic institutions with authoritarian power.
The unwillingness of African governments to forge a unified position on the Russian invasion has damaged the credibility of their pan-African commitments.
Odinga is considered a master strategist, sometimes populist and excellent mobiliser.
Many of the artefacts Ethiopia is famous for are found in Tigray. Their continued destruction could lead to irreversible culture shock and social collapse.
The sanctions are likely to last beyond the current conflict. This may end up bringing about a solution to Africa’s desire to produce its own military hardware for its own use.
As an outlier in Kenya’s political power matrix, Ruto was elbowed out by the establishment. But he has somersaulted back by appealing directly to the masses.
Most citizens feel that it is pointless to vote because it won’t change anything.
Elites have strong incentives to foment violence. The way they speak about election issues in the media can inflame tensions.
The entire transport sector in Kenya is extremely chaotic and in need of urgent policy and legal interventions.
With a growing number of younger Namibian voters born after independence, the struggle narrative became increasingly anachronistic.
No state in the global community should have to earn Russia’s compliance with the law. If the rule of law is not respected, the entire global community becomes as vulnerable as Ukraine is now.
For the ICC, the case against Paul Gicheru represents the possibility for the court to clock a win where so far it has only suffered losses.
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Assistant Professor, School of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin, University College Dublin
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Senior Lecturer in Human Rights, Constitutional Law and Legal Theory, University of Wollongong
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Honorary Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Studies and Governance, University of the Free State
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Associate Professor International Law, Roskilde University
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Senior lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Leeds Beckett University
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Vice-Dean Research, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Stellenbosch University
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Professor, Center for Research on North America, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
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Research Fellow, African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research (ACEIR), University of Cape Town
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor of International Studies, University of Nottingham
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Criminologist / Senior Lecturer, Stellenbosch University
