A spate of anti-clerical attacks has put a spotlight on the role of Christian leaders in South Sudan.
Traders leave their cabbages after the County Governor ordered the closure of the main open air market to curb the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus in Kisumu, Kenya.
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The actions of the chief justice undermine the independence, impartiality and competence of the judiciary, which erodes public confidence in the courts.
It won’t be easy to get the 11 countries in the basin to agree to a plan that avoids chronic water shortages in the future. Good information sharing and technical cooperation are critical.
A demonstrator stands with a sign reading: “Demands: sack the local authority, disarm militias, protect citizens, cattle, and farmland, and end friction between farmers and shepherds”, during a protest in Central Darfur.
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Refugees invest a great amount of effort in solving disputes among themselves, and with surrounding host community members.
Former Kenyan President Daniel arap Moi (left) during peace talks with Former Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir (right) in Khartoum in 2007. Between them is an interpreter.
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In a three-year project, students were taught STEM skills by designing solutions for real-world problems. An evaluation of the project found most students were stimulated and engaged.
Is it time for South Sudanese President Salva Kiir (right) and former vice-president Riek Machar to meet face to face?
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South Sudan has been in the business of building peace for years but is no closer to implementing the roadmap to peace than when it drafted the first agreement.
Protesters in Sudan demanding the end of military rule.
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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.
A United Nations protection camp in Juba, South Sudan.
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Martin Plaut, School of Advanced Study, University of London
Al-Bashir’s ability to play a skillful combination of internal and external balancing acts, plus ruthless repression and a divided opposition, kept him in power for three decades.
Doctors at a hospital in Kisumu, Kenya.
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Senior Research Fellow, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and Visiting Professor University of Buckingham, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs