Africa needs to embrace a new approach that focuses on what countries in an embattled region – as a ‘community’ of regional states – can do to intervene.
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Despite the relative political stability over the years, Tanzania needs a new constitution to address contemporary challenges and strengthen institutions.
The army may help create a more stable and secure environment in the short term, but this is unlikely to result in sustainable and lasting peace.
The violence wreaked its damage because South Africa’s journey to democracy remains incomplete. It sends a sharp message that the country must look its past far more squarely in the eye.
Instead of fanning the flames, the West needs to be even-handed in bringing the warring sides to the table.
The disturbance in Ghana’s parliament during the election of a speaker has raised questions about its current democratic system.
The glaring failure by authorities to secure an area notorious for attacks on trucks prompts questions about, at best, utter ineptitude, or at worst, complicity.
An uncomfortable reality is that looting is perceived by the looters to be socially acceptable and is often encouraged and endorsed within social and community networks.
South Africa can’t possibly remain the same country in the aftermath of this mayhem. There are just too many storms ahead to simply continue unchanged.
There is more support for democracy among African people than is often recognised. Yet this can be undermined by election rigging and is lower in countries like Lesotho, Mozambique and South Africa.
At the centre of the persisting violence in the north-central region of Nigeria is bad governance.
Angola needs a mixed electoral system. This would promote accountability through the direct election of representatives from constituencies.
A new government with popular legitimacy will have power to address lingering political, economic and security challenges.
Ethiopian politicians, both opposition and incumbents, have found it difficult to undo the political culture of winning by elimination.
Ethiopian history shows that the demands of its young people can't go unaddressed for long.
Mali’s state decay must be halted before it collapses: here are five areas that need attention.
German's commitment of €1.1bn for development projects in Namibia over 30 years is too cheap a price to pay for remorse.
French policymakers understand that sharing the burdens of military operations with global partners can help boost flagging support at home.
Ghanians fear that the country's security services still bear the hallmarks of bad old practices.
The Southern African Development Community does not have a remarkable record of military interventions in civil conflicts in the region.
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Assistant Professor, School of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin, University College Dublin
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Senior Lecturer in Human Rights, Constitutional Law and Legal Theory, University of Wollongong
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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
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Honorary Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
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African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research (ACEIR), University of Cape Town
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Chair of the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology, Stellenbosch University
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Professor, Center for Research on North America, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
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Associate Professor, Universidad Central de Venezuela
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Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Studies and Governance, University of the Free State
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Political Science Profesor, Torcuato di Tella University
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Conacyt Research Professor, National Laboratory of Public Policy, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas
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Associate Professor International Law, Roskilde University
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Chargé d'enseignement International Public Affairs, Sciences Po
