EPA-EFE/ Fredrik Persson
Kofi Annan’s tenure began after the reintroduction of two important international security lexicons – peacebuilding and human security.
Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan
EPA-EFE/Justin Lane
He left an enduring legacy of embedding democracy and involving civil society in the pursuit of peace.
Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan left a mixed legacy.
EPA-EFE/Martial Trezzini
Kofi Annan was the first UN employee to rise to the position of Secretary General but his tenure also had a darker side.
Former President Jacob Zuma: the Constitutional Court has ruled his appointment of the top prosecutor illegal.
EPA-EFE/Jackie Clausen
An effective, accountable National Prosecutions Authority needs at least two things: structural independence and competent personnel with expertise and integrity.
A community built tree nursery in Chikwawa District, Malawi is one example of sustainability in action.
Deepa Pullanikkatil
Without contextual knowledge, education and adaptation, foreign or imposed practices or resources cause new sets of problems.
South African Police shot and killed striking mineworkers in Marikana, in 2012.
EPA/Kevin Sutherland
Some prosecutions followed soon after President Cyril Ramaphosa promised accountability for the Marikana massacre.
The appointment of South Africa’s national prosecutions head Shaun Abrahams has been declared invalid.
EPA/Nic Bothma
South Africa’s Constitutional Court judgment shows concern that the independence of the country’s prosecuting authority has been compromised.
Chased from mining sites, rebels simply try to control roads in the DRC.
Peer Schouten
The DRC’s roads are a crucial space where conflict, illegal taxation, and conflict financing entangle.
Both South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Zimbabwean counterpart Emmerson Mnangagwa need to reform their parties.
GCIS
Southern Africa’s liberation movements have been losing popularity and confronting a crisis of legitimacy.
South African women march against high levels of gender based violence in the country.
EPA/Nic Bothma
Gender based violence should not be addressed only once it has happened, by jailing offenders. Prevention is just as important.
Comic Contracts can help bridge language and literacy barriers.
Creative Comics
Comic contracts can meet all the requirements for contracts to be legally binding.
Zimbabwe’s “The NewsDay” after violent protests in Harare.
EPA-EFE/Aaron Ufumeli
What start is this for a regime promising Lazarus-like revival for the ruling party and its friends around the world – not to mention ordinary Zimbabweans?
A global survey claims South Africans don’t trust their police.
EPA/Nic Bothma
The Law and Order Index says South Africans feel less secure than people in Yemen, the DRC and Libya, countries all affected by violent conflict.
The acquittal of Jean-Pierre Bemba on war crimes charges puts the ICC in even deeper crisis.
EPA/Michael Kooren
An African court with international criminal jurisdiction which has been debated but never been put into operation could be an option if Africa withdraws from the ICC.
A triumphant Zanu-PF supporter celebrates the Emmerson Mnangagwa’s victory in the presidential race.
EPA-EFE/Aaron Ufumeli
Winners and losers are both trying to win the West’s support for their view.
A member of South Africa’s Economic Freedom Fighters party with a copy of the Constitution.
EPA/Kim Ludbrook
South Africa’s constitution has been amended 17 times already. But, the procedure for doing so is onerous.
Zanu-PF banners being burnt during a protests against parliamentary polling results in Harare, Zimbabwe.
EPA-EFE/Yeshiel Panchia
Zanu-PF’s more than two-thirds majority win in the parliament poll gives it the power to change the constitution if it wishes.
A protest against polling results in Harare, Zimbabwe.
EPA-EFE/Yeshiel Panchia
If the MDC-Alliance claims Zanu-PF and Zimbabwe’s electoral commission rigged the elections, the onus is on them to prove it.
A Togolese opposition supporter during protests over alleged electoral fraud in 2005.
EPA/Nic Bothma
Togo illustrates the difficulty of moving away from personalised politics.
Limited by illiteracy and workloads women are less involved in Turkana.
Flickr/Tom Albinson
Turkana women weren’t properly represented in decisions made between the oil company and community.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed replaced aloofness with authenticity.
EPA-EFE/STR
Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed needs to strike a balance between forgiveness and justice.
Voting in the presidential run-off elections in Mali, recently.
EPA/Tanya Bindra
In Africa, biased media coverage is one of the reasons voters have little faith in credible elections.
MDC-Alliance supporters at a campaign rally addressed by the party leader Nelson Chamisa.
EPA-EFE/Aaron Ufumeli
Zimbabweans face a complicated array of choices at the polls.
French soldiers patrol in Diabaly, Mali, in 2013, following the failure of the African Support Mission.
EPA/Nic Bothma
Conflict patterns in Africa have changed rapidly in recent years posing a challenge to peace and security.
About 250,000 people live in Kibera slum in Nairobi.
Shutterstock/Authentic travel
Kenya needs to complete its national digital land registry to increase transparency and efficiency of the city’s land.