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Peacebuilding – Analysis and Comment
The Senegalese culture of discretion, called “sutura”, inhibits survivors of sexual violence from publicly denouncing perpetrators.
National sports victories increase nationalism and national pride, but can also influence attitudes towards refugees.
Two social impact bonds that have concluded in South Africa showed that they got innovation going where it was desperately needed.
The way foreign aid is disbursed needs to be revisited to avoid the traps it’s fallen into in the past.
Governments and agencies should prepare second chance opportunities for formal education as emergency situations may last for several years and create a backlog of education.
Nigeria must improve biodiversity awareness among its citizens to stem animal poaching and halt biodiversity loss.
Ramaphosa is set to go down in the annals of history as an ANC president who presided over a tumultuous epoch in the party’s evolution.
EU trade partnership is more important to some African countries than regional or continental trade.
Rob Davies is critical of economic policy, starting with the Mandela administration. He reserves particular criticism for its macroeconomic policy framework introduced in 1996.
The inability to curb road accidents in Ghana is tied to colonial and neocolonial legacies.
The struggle among elites has not resulted in efforts to improve the material lives of ordinary people unconnected to the political elite.
Nigerian small business owners highlight the factors that limit full potential of social media use in commerce.
Reforms that will entrench constitutionalism, the rule of law, and political inclusion will solve Africa’s security problems, not moving the US Africa Command headquarters to the continent.
Poverty aside, cultural factors like the influence of hip hop songs may also play a role in making a life of cybercrime attractive to young people.
Nigeria must fix its electoral system before the next general elections in 2023.
Residents of Nairobi’s informal settlements use names as a way of voicing the issues that they struggle with every day.
The appointment of judges has hitherto been an obscure and oftentimes clandestine affair. This has produced incompetent judges and led to claims that the judiciary is beholden to the executive.
Based on the Cote d'Ivoire experience, the United Nations must reconsider its emphasis on coordinating reintegration and transitional justice irrespective of the post-war context.
A survey of the commemorations since 2014 reveals the politicking behind the writing of history and Rwanda’s place in the world.
Our findings provide an additional tool for determining what to prioritise, where to target and when to intervene.
Distrust of the electoral commission runs deep in the opposition, which may well lead to increased tensions ahead of and following the polls.
The government of Ghana needs a more creative solution to the problem of advance rent payment
The term “citizen science” is intended to widen the network of people whose contribution to science is acknowledged. But the word “citizen” can be problematic.
Waste reclaimers save South African municipalities up to R748 million a year in landfill space. Without them, the country’s recycling economy would not exist.