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The African Union’s role in Sudan’s political crisis proves that it’s legal framework is strong enough to resolve regional disputes
The Mnangagwa regime’s coercive acts are a continuation of the violence and brutality of the Mugabe era, while he seeks global re-engagement and selective national dialogue.
Even a cursory glance at earlier industrial revolutions will show that they have not been associated with the interests of the working or underclasses.
Income is a useful measure for tracking economic progress over time. But a broader lens is needed to understand the relational and often political ways in which poverty emerges and is reproduced.
South Sudan has been in the business of building peace for years but is no closer to implementing the roadmap to peace than when it drafted the first agreement.
Ghana’s quest to fill a significant infrastructure deficit has led to a barter deal with China that threatens one of West Africa’s most important environmental spaces.
Bad governance and political manoeuvring increase the risk of communal conflicts
Using the military continuously in internal roles for which it is not structured, funded or trained simply speeds up its decline.
In death, President Mohamed Beji Caid Essebsi has left behind an unfinished revolution which now needs a new leader.
A lesson from the 2012 massacre of mineworkers is the need for government to retain its role as primary governance agent, enforcing clear rules and ensuring the provision of public goods and services.
Social media is shaping Africa’s political engagement in diverse and complex ways.
Expansion of cashew production for export poses potential challenges particularly around food security
Achieving the sustainable development goals on education in Ghana requires efficient resource allocation, not necessarily more money.
Nigerians had hoped for a technocratic cabinet but the country’s new ministers have not offered a break from previous political appointments.
Corruption includes both what people do and what they fail to do. The critical issue is a person’s motive.
Interventions to prevent and address sexual and gender-based violence in eastern DR Congo often reinforce traditional gender stereotypes
Politicians, activists and media outlets continue to deconstruct old narratives and perpetuate new grievances. Nobody, however, is as busy reconstructing a new, inclusive story.
Calls for secession in Ethiopia could destabilise the entire nation.
Do African decision-makers and leaders approach crises differently from counterparts elsewhere in the world?
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Professor/Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Senior Fellow, Department of Agricultural Economics, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
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Sociologist/Criminologist/Victimologist and Media Communication Expert, University of Ibadan
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Honorary Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor of International Studies, University of Nottingham
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Senior Lecturer of Political Science, Georgia Gwinnett College
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Professor of Economics & Business, Allegheny College
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Professor of Social Development Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Senior lecturer in Politics and International Relations, Leeds Beckett University
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Fellow, Infrastructure Institute, School of Cities, University of Toronto
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Professor of Media Industries, University of Nottingham
