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Africa’s democracies have grown stronger during a period in which the world is backsliding on democracy.
Each year 50 000 people from 89 countries, in every continent except Antarctica, die from leishmaniasis, an ancient neglected disease.
A government-imposed internet blackout in Sudan is the latest in a series of internet shutdowns as a means to quell dissent.
A cheap and simple technique could revolutionise treatment for tooth decay, especially in poor countries.
Ensuring meaningful participation of women in the transitional government can be a first step toward achieving gender equality in a future Sudan.
The Janjaweed militia first came into play when Omar al-Bashir’s government deployed it in Darfur
When the establishment retains some leverage over reformers change can be slow, superficial, and short-lived. Sudan appears to be a textbook case of this scenario.
History shows that when government elites believe that there is a risk that they may lose control of the capital, they escalate targeted violence against civilians.
The killing of protesters by the Sudanese military signifies its reluctance to hand over power, as demanded by the African Union.
The African Union and its member states are creating their own interpretation of immunity which will protect its heads of state from courts abroad.
The African Union’s policy offers no wriggle room for a discretionary response to coups, a scourge that imperils the consolidation of democracy.
There are challenges that Sudan must overcome before power is transferred to its people.
The immediate cause of the economic crisis that brought many thousands of Sudanese onto the streets and continued beyond al-Bashir’s downfall lay in the structure of the economy itself.
Women in Sudan have been resisting the controls placed on them for some time - by using their smart phones and social media to trade.
Urban public spaces may be built to represent governments, but often become sites of protest.
For democracy to work, the press has to be free.
Government restrictions on individual freedoms in the name of public security is increasing.
There are concerns that the transition to civilian rule in Sudan won’t be smooth.
The time for fundamental political reforms in Sudan is now with the end of al-Bashir’s rule.
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Senior Research Fellow, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and Visiting Professor University of Buckingham, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
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Associate Professor of International Studies, University of Nottingham
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Professor, Weber State University
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Professor of History, Colgate University
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PhD candidate, University of the Pacific
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Professor of Architecture and SARChI: DST/NRF/SACN Research Chair in Spatial Transformation (Positive Change in the Built Environment), Tshwane University of Technology
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Senior Research Fellow, Horn of Africa and Southern Africa, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Associate Professor of History, University of Washington
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Lecturer in History, Newcastle University
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Professor of International Development Studies, University of Portsmouth
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Law Professor in Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Election Law, University of Memphis
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Visiting Adjunct Professor, School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Peace and Conflict Research, Uppsala University
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Lecturer and Senior Research Fellow at the South African Research Chair in International Law (SARCIL), University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Politics, University of Birmingham
