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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The root causes of the ongoing conflict in Darfur are rising to the surface amid an influx of arms from Libya.
Political killings in the country are linked to the fierce competition for control of state resources within the governing ANC.
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Author shows how politicians intent on settling problems by physically eliminating opponents tap into a ready source of assassins from within the taxi industry.
Construction workers stand next to rock wall at the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam in Ethiopia on December 26, 2019.
Despite previous threats by Egypt of military action, a war of over the Nile waters is not a serious possibility.
President Evariste Ndayishimiye takes the oath of office on June 18, 2020. He took over from the late Pierre Nkurunziza.
With the demise of Pierre Nkurunziza, all eyes are on Burundi’s new president as he inherits a political framework that has repressed press freedom and silenced independent media voices.
Somalia’s incumbent president, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed
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As Somalia prepares to choose new leaders in 2021, questions remain around the viability of the country’s clan-based electoral system.
Demonstrators protesting the political situation in Ethiopia in the wake of the death of musician Hachalu Hundessa.
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Ahmed Abiy has his work cut out to unify a nation divided along tribal lines
A party agent listens to the radio as electoral officials confirm and tally votes from polling stations in Nairobi, Kenya in 2007.
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Radio stations with audiences at the grassroots have a key role to play in times of election violence.
Outgoing International Criminal Court prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda.
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The court has focused on African cases to the exclusion of developed countries, as well as developing regions such as Latin America.
A Sudanese demonstrator at a protest in the capital Khartoum.
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The people are frustrated with a reform agenda that is unfolding at snail’s pace.
Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta (left), and former Prime Minister Raila Odinga
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The Building Bridges Initiative is best understood by recognising that Kenyan politics is fundamentally shaped by competition between political elites and their ethnic groups.
Former Burundian president, the late Pierre Nkurunziza
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The former president’s complex legacy has often been marred by violence.
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed speaking during a press conference on general elections in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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The country must urgently address the politics of ethnicity before it can move towards a workable democracy.
TV reporters prepare for a live broadcast during a strike by airline workers in Nairobi.
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Peace journalism is more than mediating or preventing conflict. It’s also about the dignity and agency of the affected populations.
Peacekeepers patrol the premises of a UN civilian protection site in Juba
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United Nations peacekeeping operations need to be refashioned to meet the needs of an ever evolving world.
The peace process is at an impasse in Libya’s protracted civil conflict.
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The peace process has unfolded in fits and starts, and thus far there doesn’t seem to be a light at the end of the tunnel.
Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed.
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A delayed election could balkanise the country along ethnic lines and become the most severe political crisis in Ethiopia’s modern history.
Ugandan activist and writer Stella Nyanzi outside a Kampala court after a ruling in her favour against President Yoweri Museveni
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When protesters strip naked to amplify their political voice, it is often a last resort within very restrictive regimes.
A military officer distributes maize flour in Kampala, Uganda, where the urban poor have been affected by the lockdown.
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The relationship between the country’s security forces and the civilian population has always been uneasy.
Survivors of sexual and gender-based violence suffer trauma that lasts long beyond medical crises.
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During epidemics, the measures taken to protect populations and to keep health systems afloat leave women and girls vulnerable to violence.
The Kenya Defence Forces have been in Somalia since 2011.
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By withdrawing its troops from Somalia, Kenya could be doing more harm than good.