Ideology informs foreign policy practice. Behaviour that could – for better or worse – influence individual lives.
A peacekeeper protects civilians who fled violent clashes between the army and the ex-rebels of the “M23” in eastern DRC in January 2022.
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Recent clashes put eastern Congo’s M23 into the headlines again, but many other security problems persist in the area as diplomats struggle to tackle the underlying causes.
President João Lourenço is campaigning for a second term.
Gilson Lázaro
Whoever wins the presidential election will inherit a host of challenges that have persistently tormented previous Somali leaders.
South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir (right) and his deputy Riek Machar shake hands in Addis Ababa to signify a peace deal in September, 2018.
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Kiir and Machar have been pivotal figures in most of South Sudan’s short history as an independent nation.
Aftermath of an attack by suspected members of the Islamic State West Africa Province in Auno, Borno State, northeast Nigeria.
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The idea of what it means to be South Sudanese is not universally accepted in the young nation.
A Kenyan policeman stands next to a painted sign reading “keep peace stop violence” during protests in Nairobi in 2008.
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There is no evidence that international migrants are a major cause of unemployment in South Africa. Misinformation drives this misconception.
Widespread protests have followed changes in the subsidised price of Baladi bread, a traditional Sudanese flatbread.
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Clemens Breisinger, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) ; David Laborde Debucquet, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) ; Joseph Glauber, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) ; Oliver Kiptoo Kirui, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) et Paul Dorosh, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Wheat and bread play a central role for food security and political stability in Sudan.
Hakeem Odumosu, former Lagos State Police Commissioner, addressing journalists during a protest in Lagos.
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The unwillingness of African governments to forge a unified position on the Russian invasion has damaged the credibility of their pan-African commitments.
Veteran Kenyan politician Raila Odinga is making his fifth stab at the presidency.
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Many of the artefacts Ethiopia is famous for are found in Tigray. Their continued destruction could lead to irreversible culture shock and social collapse.
A Nigerian delegation inspects a Russian military helicopter near Moscow in July 2021.
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The sanctions are likely to last beyond the current conflict. This may end up bringing about a solution to Africa’s desire to produce its own military hardware for its own use.
Opinion polls, not all credible, have placed Ruto in pole position for the August elections - but the political ground could shift before then.
Zimbabwe’s opposition Citizens Coalition for Change supporters attend an election campaign rally in Harare, in February. Zimbabwe, 20 February.
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