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Peacebuilding – Analysis and Comment
Unrestricted cash transfers bring huge benefits, but these may not be realised because they can also cause debts.
For all of the shortcomings of Nyerere’s regime, his ideas continue to inspire Tanzanians fighting for a more equal and democratic future, over 20 years after his death.
Nigeria’s unreliable power supply comes with a triple challenge of social, economic and environmental costs.
The militarisation of borders and securitisation of migration have always failed to stop irregular migration.
An EU-UK trade deal will reinforce the certainty and continuity that South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, and Eswatini – plus Mozambique are seeking in their relationship with the UK.
To prevent the humanitarian disasters that follow floods in Sudan, more attention needs to be paid to infrastructure planning.
Studies globally have made the link between the lack of adequate sanitation, particularly open defecation or shared community toilet facilities, and the increased risk of women and girls being raped.
Media self-criticism is not just important to improve journalism, it is a political, professional and moral imperative.
Many political issues in the 2020 US election are domestic. But black resistance to white supremacy has long had global repercussions.
Lack of competition regulation created outright dominance of a few players in some industries.
The patterns of colonial spatial violence that played out in Ghanaian cities echo around the world.
Black Lives Matter brings the slavery story into the present in America – but it leaves Africa stuck in the past.
To achieve sustainable, functional buildings, architects in cities like Lagos need to consider local realities.
Official policies at the international level and within host countries do not adequately address the challenges posed by forced displacement across the world
International observation will not insulate controversial polls – such as Tanzania’s in October – from malpractices, but will make them less likely and allow them to be exposed.
Mismanagement of funds appears to be the biggest challenge confronting the Niger Delta peacebuilding programme.
The bigger parties which contest elections at all three levels would benefit the most – but voters might split their votes.
Mauritius’ oil spill highlights the plight of impoverished communities that live along the coastline.
Kabuga’s arrest marks the beginning of a long legal process in which the prosecution faces numerous challenges.
In a political environment as polarised as Rwanda’s, there is no room for moderates and no space for critical voices.
Between 1992 and 1994, the former regime is said to have imported 581 tonnes of machetes into Rwanda. This figure appears to establish that the genocide was planned. But is this number accurate?
Agricultural investments could play a role in reducing poverty and improving food security.
Beyond the struggle for land and water, new triggers of conflict between farmers and herders have emerged in northern Nigeria.
Despite high prices, poor quality and inconvenience, Kenya’s urban poor continued to buy water from private vendors because it’s still their best option.