A lot of good has happened since apartheid ended in 1994. Sadly, 30 years on, the country is in a political and economic crisis. Many are questioning the choices of the past three decades.
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The SADC mission shows how difficult it is to run a large-scale military intervention, especially if the host government is not taking full ownership and supporting the operation.
South Africa is among a few countries that completely prohibit the involvement of citizens in foreign armed conflict.
The Independent Electoral Commission cannot afford to put a foot wrong in the country’s most important election since democracy in 1994, on 29 May.
Important factors, such as conflict, are central to understanding a country’s degree of press freedom, development and democratisation.
Attempts to postpone Senegal’s election indefinitely reflect deeper governance problems within Macky Sall’s administration, and the shortcomings of his chosen heir, Amadou Ba.
Negative perceptions of police professionalism and corruption go hand in hand with low public trust in the police, poor marks on government performance, and citizens’ sense of insecurity.
Eddie Webster inspired generations of scholars with his vision and practice of critically engaged scholarship, in South Africa and worldwide.
African leaders have a worrying track record of prioritising narrow domestic gains over transferring supranational, binding powers to the AU.
The winds passing over Kenya flow in waves and periodically bring hot weather, the kind that has prevailed recently across east Africa.
Regional countries are embroiled in a geopolitical struggle over influence and survival.
A new study reveals that from 2050, Africa will suffer from food and water scarcity, and a massive loss of jobs in agriculture, unless climate change mitigation measures are put in place now.
The persistence of the Al-Shabaab terror group has convinced Turkey it needs to provide more active military support in Somalia.
In African coastal communities, traditional knowledge helps residents to anticipate and prepare for potential flooding events.
Africa needs to advocate more aggressively for its own interests when it comes to negotiating debt terms.
Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have much to lose if they cannot migrate to and from neighbouring countries in Ecowas.
A major hurdle in South Sudan is the presence of detractors who could undermine the successful implementation of peace agreements.
The peace agreement was short-lived largely due to the absence of open and genuine commitments by both sides.
Sudan Armed Forces have made a series of military and political blunders that could hasten the collapse of the state.
Protests in Kinshasa are an indictment of the lack of attention to the Congolese crisis.
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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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Honorary Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Studies and Governance, University of the Free State
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Associate Professor International Law, Roskilde University
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Senior lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Leeds Beckett University
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Vice-Dean Research, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Stellenbosch University
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Professor, Center for Research on North America, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
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Research Fellow, African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research (ACEIR), University of Cape Town
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor of International Studies, University of Nottingham
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Criminologist / Senior Lecturer, Stellenbosch University
