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A coup may be a quick fix for a problem leader, but history shows that coups beget more coups.
Mali’s precarious political situation has been the subject of ECOWAS resolution attempts for months
The transition to a civilian government won’t be smooth.
More than 20 years after the shift from unilateralism to multilateralism, it is reasonable to wonder how multilateral France’s ‘new interventionism’ really is.
His single Yeke Yeke was the first African song to pass a million in sales, but it’s meaning was best understood in Guinea, home of the griot and kora star.
United Nations peacekeeping operations need to be refashioned to meet the needs of an ever evolving world.
It’s been 60 years since most of France’s former colonies in Africa gained independence. But France still maintains a significant military presence on the continent.
In many sub-Saharan African countries, 20% of mothers have suffered the death of a child, a new study finds. In Mali, Liberia and Malawi, it’s common for mothers to lose two children.
Burkina Faso faces a new terrorist threat. Terrorist groups are now flourishing within its borders.
Unless member states try to solve the contradictions in expectations, UN peacekeeping will not be fit for purpose in the future.
Local communities only see “crime” and “banditry” when it comes to religious-based Jihadism.
Given that some states are being asked to increase their presence in border and remote areas, free trade and free movement of goods and people could become a real cause for concern.
African countries need to take into account the effects environmental changes, like climate change, have on their ability to deal with food security, poverty reduction and lowering mortality rates.
Maps that divide the world into ‘no-go’ and ‘safe’ zones has created a new politics of danger.
Government restrictions on individual freedoms in the name of public security is increasing.
The experience from African experts is vital in the search for new and better ways to control malaria.
Research shows that unrest, even terrorism, can erupt in poor countries with a surplus of young people and not enough jobs. Can Niger, a once-peaceful sub-Saharan African nation, handle its baby boom?
Liberian President George Weah believes the current citizenship regulations in the country are unnecessarily “racist” and restrictive.
It’s all too common for local scholars to be sidelined in what are supposed to be genuine research partnerships.
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Doctoral Candidate in Leadership Studies, King's College London
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Maître de conférences sur les conflits internationaux, University of Kent
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Director of Research, Africa Center for Strategic Studies, University of Maryland
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Lecturer, Université des sciences juridiques et politiques de Bamako
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Associate Professor, International Development Studies; Associate Dean, Menno Simons College, University of Winnipeg
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Head of Data & Analytics and Senior Researcher for the Small Arms Survey, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID)
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Senior Researcher and Coordinator of the Security Assessment in North Africa project at the Small Arms Survey, Graduate Institute – Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement (IHEID)
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Professor of World Politics, SOAS, University of London
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Reader in International Relations, Royal Holloway University of London
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Lecturer (Sessional) in International Relations, Curtin University
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Director of the Leaders of Africa Institute and Research Affiliate with Davidson College, Davidson College
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Sociologue, enseignant au Centre de Recherche et d’Action pour la paix (CERAP), Université Alassane Ouattara de Bouaké
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Doctoral candidate, Regent University
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Extraordinary Lecturer, University of Pretoria
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Chercheur sénior au Bonn International centre for conflict studies (BICC) ; Chercheur associé au laboratoire Les Afriques dans le Monde (LAM), Sciences-Po Bordeaux., Université Bordeaux Montaigne
