April 12

• Mozambique: Twenty Years of Peace at Risk? [analysis]

  Tensions are escalating in Mozambique where there is a dangerous stand-off between several hundred armed supporters of the main opposition party, Renamo and the Mozambican police. Read more »

April 5

• Mali: After the War, the Hard Part [analysis]

  A slow return to normality is becoming possible in Mali's northern regions which endured 10 months of often harsh jihadist rule until French-led forces intervened in January. Read more »

• Africa: The Growing Continent [analysis]

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March 26

• Central African Republic: International Implications of the Rebel Victory [analysis]

  The African Union has suspended the Central African Republic and imposed a travel ban and assets freeze on leaders of the Séléka rebel group on 25 March. This follows... Read more »

• Central Africa: What Ntaganda's Surrender Means for Rwanda and DR Congo [analysis]

  Rwandan-born former Congolese General Bosco Ntaganda, an International Criminal Court indictee and rebel leader, has gone to The Hague to face charges of war crimes. Read more »

March 19

• Zimbabwe: Nation's Referendum - a Start [analysis]

  On 16 March 2013 an estimated two million Zimbabweans voted on a new draft constitution. Polling stations reported a steady, albeit less than brisk, procession of voters during the... Read more »

March 14

• Egypt: From Revolutions to Constitutions: the Case of Egypt [analysis]

  This article explores the transition from revolutions to constitutions in Egypt. Read more »

• Libya: Disarming Libya? A Reassessment After the Arab Spring [analysis]

  In 2011, several months after a popular revolt overturned the Gaddafi regime in Libya, Libya's new National Transitional Council announced the discovery of what was later confirmed... Read more »

• Africa: African Roles in the Libyan Conflict of 2011 [analysis]

  Libya's relationship with sub-Saharan Africa has been complex, troubled and misunderstood, both during the rule of the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and the conflict that... Read more »

March 13

• Kenya: Elections - The Way Forward [analysis]

  Despite delays, technical glitches and claims of interference, Kenyans have avoided the widely predicted run-off for the presidency, and Uhuru Kenyatta has been declared the... Read more »

February 23

• Kenya: The Elections- Rebuilding Reputation [analysis]

  Kenya is preparing for the first general election since the disputed contest in 2007, and the weight of expectation - both domestic and international - is huge. Read more »

February 13

• Tunisia: Lack of Trust and Murderous Rivalries [analysis]

  The assassination of Tunisian opposition leader Chokri Belaïd, came the morning after he told a television audience that he feared for his life within the country's... Read more »

• Zimbabwe: The Country's Fraught Relationship with the UK [analysis]

  2013 is an important and fraught year for Zimbabwe and also for UK-Zimbabwe relations. Read more »

February 10

• South Africa: Rainbow Nation Wants Its Pot of Gold [analysis]

  Even the sternest critic of Jacob Zuma cannot deny that the man has staying power. Despite his colourful past and repeated brushes with the law, a poor performance in his first... Read more »

January 23

• Africa: Combatting Terror Across the Sahel [analysis]

  While the devastating impacts of last week's hostage crisis in Algeria continue to be assessed, the main focus of the British and other western governments will be on combatting... Read more »

January 17

• Mali: Why Mali Matters [analysis]

  Having decided on a muscular emergency intervention to stop jihadist groups from sweeping south to Mali's capital Bamako, France's President Hollande's administration has opted for... Read more »

January 16

• Mali: Some Crises Are Truly Global [analysis]

  The African response to the Mali crisis is an acknowledgement that 'African solutions to African problems' is not always applicable and that some crises are truly global and need... Read more »

January 14

• Africa: A Decade of African Peace and Security Architecture [analysis]

  This article examines how the African Union (AU) has handled Africa's peace and security challenges since 2002, defines what has been successful and what remains aspirational. Read more »

• Africa: The Costs and Consequences of Drone Warfare [analysis]

  One of the distinctive elements of President Barack Obama's approach to counterterrorism has been his embrace of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), or drones, to target terrorist... Read more »

• Africa: The Changing Place of Africa in International Relations [analysis]

  This article surveys recent literature on Africa and International Relations (IR) and reviews the current place of Africa within the discipline. It notes that critical debates... Read more »

• South Africa: The Search for Leadership in a Transforming Global Order [analysis]

  South Africa, the continental economic giant and self-appointed spokesman for African development, is finding its distinctive national voice. Read more »

December 28, 2012

• Central African Republic: Rebels Weaken Bozizé's Grip on Power? [analysis]

  The Central African Republic, known best for its history of coups, military revolts and brutal rule is back in the headlines following a lightening rebel advance on the capital... Read more »

December 7, 2012

• Malawi: Death of a President [column]

  'We have a prediction problem. We love to predict things - and we aren't very good at it.' These are the words of the statistician superstar Nate Silver, one of the few men in the... Read more »

December 1, 2012

• Ghana: Nation Faces Close Election [analysis]

  Ghana's presidential and legislative elections set for 7 and 28 December 2012 respectively, will be extremely close and come at a significant time given the region's instability. Read more »

November 23, 2012

• Congo-Kinshasa: Eastern DRC - A Return to War? [analysis]

  The M23 have taken the Democratic Republic of Congo's eastern city Goma. Yet again, a Rwandan-backed rebel movement has reignited fears of renewed war. It is a depressingly... Read more »