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Despite the benefits that could come from integration, many African countries remain wary of the process.
Ideology informs foreign policy practice. Behaviour that could – for better or worse – influence individual lives.
Recent clashes put eastern Congo’s M23 into the headlines again, but many other security problems persist in the area as diplomats struggle to tackle the underlying causes.
The plan to replace Museveni with his son has dramatically shifted from rumour to reality in recent months.
The MPLA is using all instruments at its disposal to hobble a new united opposition front ahead of the Angola election.
Recent attacks on Togo show that West African states must act quickly and decisively to stop the spread of violent extremism.
Refugee law puts humanitarianism above considerations of state sovereignty.
LGBTI refugees from other countries expect Kenya to be safer but are quickly disillusioned.
The fear that borrowers’ strategic assets are at risk from Chinese banks continues to fail the test of evidence.
The country’s courts have already exhibited a significant level of maturity in rulings touching on the executive.
Despite regular incidents of anti-migrant violence, peaceful and mutually beneficial relationships between South Africans and migrants can and do exist.
Insults against religion are illegal in Nigeria’s multi-faceted legal codes.
Rebuilding South Africa after the devastation of state capture would not be possible without the work of the Zondo commission.
The deal undermines every human being’s right to seek asylum and commitments enshrined in the Refugee Convention.
Whoever wins the presidential election will inherit a host of challenges that have persistently tormented previous Somali leaders.
The Ukraine crisis is significantly increasing political stress and potential conflict throughout Africa.
The UN voted to extend its presence in South Sudan for another year. However, its success in the country faces many challenges.
Kiir and Machar have been pivotal figures in most of South Sudan’s short history as an independent nation.
The origins of Ethiopia’s food crisis can be traced to a bitter feud between Eritrean and Tigrayan liberation fighters.
Avoiding trite moralisations, Professor Southall uses empirical research to shed light on white South Africans’ adjustment to democracy.
Maxime Mokom is an ordinary man who came to reflect a specific vision of the Central African society, one that exclude other fellow citizens in the name of being a ‘true central African’.
Our work highlights the potential of phone surveys to monitor active and large-scale conflicts.
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.