August 02

• Zimbabwe: What Do Elections in Zimbabwe Really Mean? [analysis]

  More than three decades of rule by President Robert Mugabe, recently as part of an uneasy alliance with the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), have reduced the income per person... Read more »

July 30

• South Sudan: Are South Sudan's Cabinet Sackings an Overdue Development or a Recipe for Conflict? [analysis]

  On 23 July 2013 South Sudanese President Salva Kiir Mayardit issued a decree announcing the dismissal of Vice President Riek Machar and his entire cabinet. He also suspended Sudan... Read more »

July 29

• Congo-Kinshasa: Will a Critical Opportunity for Dialogue Be Missed? [analysis]

  Since the controversial 2011 elections, opposition parties in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have been calling for a national dialogue. Read more »

July 26

• Zimbabwe: Zimbabwe Elections - a Recipe for Disaster? [interview]

  Zimbabweans go to the polls next week to vote in what many fear will be a flawed election run by an ill-prepared electoral commission. In this Q&A, Gwinyayi Dzinesa, Senior... Read more »

July 24

• Burundi: Is The Country's Peacebuilding Process Under Threat? [analysis]

  At the beginning of June the Burundian Parliament promulgated a media law that threatens the freedom of the country's press. The law requires journalists to reveal their sources,... Read more »

July 23

• South Africa: Twenty Years of Justice Reform - What Is There to Show for It? [analysis]

  'South Africa's system of criminal justice is in a crisis. If its ability to prevent, process and deter crime is any measure of its effectiveness, then reforming the system is now... Read more »

July 19

• Africa: Realising the Dream of Greater Intra-African Trade [analysis]

  How to break the colonial legacy of exporting goods 'overseas' and raise the level of trade between African countries? This has been an issue the African Union (AU) has grappled... Read more »

July 18

• Southern Africa: Time for SADC to Admit Defeat in Madagascar as it Has, Effectively, in Zimbabwe [analysis]

  One sometimes wonders if the Southern African Development Community (SADC) should not simply give up the time-consuming and unrewarding business of trying to resolve political... Read more »

July 17

• Africa: New Approaches to Nuclear Weapon Disarmament [analysis]

  Tuesday 16 July marked the anniversary of the first nuclear weapon test carried out by the United States (US) in southern New Mexico in 1945.Between then and September 1992, the US... Read more »

July 15

• South Africa: Let's Consult on the State of Policing [analysis]

  The Green Paper on Policing that is currently open for comment sets out to review existing policing policies and to formulate broad medium and long-term policy directions for the... Read more »

July 11

• Somalia: New Solution, New Problems for Jubaland [analysis]

  On 15 May 2013, Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed Islam, aka Madobe, a former warlord and the leader of the Ras Kamboni Movement (a Somali militia group), was elected president of Somalia's... Read more »

July 10

• Egypt: African Union Breaks Ranks With World on Egypt [analysis]

  The dominant sentiment among members of the international community towards President Mohamed Morsi's forcible ouster has been one of ambivalence and acceptance. The European Union... Read more »

July 09

• South Africa: Is South Africa Really Complying With the Anti-Corruption Protocols It Has Ratified? [analysis]

  While South Africa has ratified a number of international and regional conventions and protocols against corruption, most empirical indicators suggest a significant increase in... Read more »

July 05

• Zambia: Governing Party Pushes for More Power [analysis]

  Complaints about the number and cost of parliamentary by-elections held since the Patriotic Front (PF) came into power continue unabated in 2013, along with controversy about the... Read more »

July 04

• Africa: Obama 'Finally' Comes to Africa [analysis]

  'China 1, US 0.' This is how the United States (US) news website Globalpost titled its comment on US President Barack Obama's long-awaited trip to Africa. Read more »

July 02

• Swaziland: Elections Unlikely to Deliver [analysis]

  What can we expect from Swaziland's version of elections being held in August and September this year? Local and international actors have long argued that the Swazi electoral... Read more »

June 28

• Africa: Re-Establishing Rapprochement in U.S.-Africa Relations? [analysis]

  United States diplomatic relations with Africa could take a significant turn this week as President Barack Obama travels to Senegal, South Africa, and Tanzania. Read more »

June 27

• Senegal: The Potential Danger of Religious Radicalism in Senegal [analysis]

  The French military action in Mali and the deployment of the African-led International Support Mission to Mali (AFISMA) have exposed countries in West Africa, especially... Read more »

June 26

• Central Africa: Have Sub-Regional Organisations Overpromised but Under-Delivered On the Great Lakes? [analysis]

  On 1 December 2010, the Secretary General of the East African Community (EAC), Juma Mwapachu, and the Executive Secretary of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region... Read more »

June 25

• South Africa: Will Corruption Affect the Youth Vote in South Africa's 2014 Election? [analysis]

  The youth of South Africa are resilient, resourceful and responsive. However, it is yet to be seen whether they can play an active role in the fight against corruption by using the... Read more »

June 24

• Nigeria: Why Nigeria Needs a Criminal Tribunal and Not Amnesty for Boko Haram [analysis]

  More than 700 Nigerians have died so far this year in over 80 attacks associated with Boko Haram, the Nigerian terrorist group that a recent United States report ranked as the... Read more »

June 21

• Mali: French Plans to Withdraw From Africa Are On Hold [analysis]

  On Wednesday 5 June, French President Francois Hollande received UNESCO's Felix Houphouet-Boigny Peace Prize for the country's military intervention in Mali. Nine West African... Read more »

June 20

• Africa: G8 Identifies the Right Target, but Will It Really Shoot? [analysis]

  The 2013 G8 summit at Lough Erne which UK Prime Minister David Cameron hosted and which ended on 18 June was always going to suffer by comparison with the last G8 summit that... Read more »

June 19

• Mali: Who's Who in Northern Mali? [analysis]

  After intense negotiations, an agreement has been signed in Ouagadougou between Malian transitional authorities and Tuareg rebel groups under the aegis of the mediator of the... Read more »

June 18

• Egypt: Heat Over the Nile [analysis]

  The temperature over the Nile issue shot up to the highest point recorded in recent history. It may not have reached crisis level yet, but the tension between Egypt and Ethiopia... Read more »