May 11, 2022
Africa: Africa's Solutions to Conflict Are in Crisis
From peacekeeping to early warning and mediation, traditional tools aren't resolving protracted conflicts. Read more »
May 10, 2022
Africa: Burkina Faso's Junta Under Pressure to Deliver On Security Promises
The junta in power in Ouagadougou justified the 24 January coup by citing the inability of former president Roch Marc Christian Kaboré's government to provide security in… Read more »
March 10, 2021
Africa: The AU Should Set the Example On Youth Leadership
At last month's African Union (AU) summit, members states' attention was focused on electing the new AU Commission leadership. While that was happening, Aya Chebbi's term as the… Read more »
September 14, 2016
Africa: Term-Limit Changes the Biggest Threat to Democracy?
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe (92) is famous for quirky responses when asked why he has stayed in power since 1980. Asked by journalists whether it isn't time he said farewell… Read more »
January 24, 2014
Africa: Central African Republic's New President 'A Fresh Start'
On Monday, 20 January, the 59-year-old Catherine Samba-Panza was elected the new interim president of the Central African Republic (CAR). This followed the resignation of her… Read more »
January 20, 2012
Africa: Continent's Leaders Have New Chance to Shape Justice
Since the early 1990s, Africa has been the hub of international criminal justice. In 1994, following the crimes committed in Rwanda, an ad hoc international tribunal for Rwanda was… Read more »