Denial of observer status robs the three NGOs of a voice.
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Discrimination against anyone based on their sexual orientation or gender identity is not an African value.
President of Tunisia, Kais Saied (R) meets Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embalo in Tunis on 8 March 2023.
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In Tunisia, scapegoating migrants diverts from the continuous failure of government to solve deep economic and social crisis.
Members of a European Union election observation team speak to voters in Zimbabwe.
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Voters speak favourably about the potential of observation to improve overall electoral quality and transparency.
Delegates at an African Union summit in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, in 2022.
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Member states need to arrive at binding, transparent and enforceable priorities to see progress.
Sahrawi protesters demand an end to hostilities by Morocco in the occupied territory of Western Sahara at the Square of Nations in Geneva, Switzerland in 2021.
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Western Sahara remains largely under occupation and without any kind of international human rights monitoring.
A small group of protesters holds Russia and Burkina flags as they protest against the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).
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Although West Africa has made some headway with efforts to propagate democracy, its dividends, in the form of good governance, remain elusive.
At the 2022 US/Africa summit US President Joe Biden will be building on the 2014 gathering convened by Barack Obama.
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Judging by the first summit in 2014, this one can also be expected to produce some concrete outcomes.
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The new book is structured around apartheid profiteers, war profiteers, state capture profiteers, welfare profiteers, failing auditors, conspiring consultants and bad lawyers.
Americans vote In the 2022 midterm elections on 8 November.
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Despite America’s deep divisions, the electioneering showed democracy’s resilience. This should be a boost for democracy advocates across Africa.
Internally displaced people from the Dinka ethnic group at the Minkamman camp in South Sudan in 2014.
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In 2018, Africa accounted for 70% of the world’s people displaced by armed conflict and human rights abuses.
Farmer preparing bean bags at a market in northern Nigeria.
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The impact of climate change on the spread of crop pests is established. Biological control methods show some promise but the pace of climate change means scientists are in a race against time.
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Parties to the conflict in Ethiopia’s Tigray region have agreed to end hostilities after two years. Here is a selection of previously published articles on its devastating consequences.
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The African Union needs to launch a credible, robust mediation process with mutually accepted mediators.
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In some African countries, astronomical research is quite developed.
President Uhuru Kenyatta signs a treaty integrating DRC into the East African Community in June 2022.
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Kenya’s new president needs to forge closer ties with regional heavyweights to create a balance of power that favours his country.
A protest against human trafficking in Lagos.
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Human trafficking has become a global concern. Nigeria’s efforts at reintegrating survivors into society have been largely unsuccessful.
Opening ceremony of Chad’s national inclusive dialogue, in N'Djamena on August 20.
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Chad’s ongoing national inclusive dialogue appears great on paper but there are serious gaps and little hope for peace and democracy.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi making a speech at the AU headquarters.
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The commitment of African leaders remains the greatest obstacle to African renaissance and development. Consultation with citizens is also called for.
Delegates at the African Union Summit held in Malabo, Capital of Equatorial Guinea, on 27 May 2022 to address worsening humanitarian crises in Africa.
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The AU’s first two decades have largely represented a magical, mystical world of unfulfilled expectations.
President Uhuru Kenyatta’s supporters celebrate after the ICC dropped charges against him in 2014.
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Research in Kenya finds victims or witnesses to violence are less likely to buy into anti-International Criminal Court political narratives.