Sudan: Conflict Marks Failure of Transition Plan

The current fighting in Sudan marks the failure of supposed processes for transition to democratic rule. The international community needs to learn the lessons of this catastrophe… Read more »

Africa: Detoxifying Security - Recommendations for the G7 Summit On Nuclear Weapons

The current war in Ukraine has shown that nuclear deterrence is deeply flawed. It relies on the assumption of "rational actors" in power and credibility of threats, which we know… Read more »

Africa: Fighter Planes? Yes. Rubber Bullets? No

When the US was planning to sell fighter planes to a politically-repressive regime in South-east Asia in a bygone era, a spokesman for a human rights organization, responding to a… Read more »

West Africa: Terrorism And Its Impacts On Water Access in the Sahel

The writer is Regional Executive Secretary of the Global Water Partnership in West Africa (GWP-WA) Read more »

Africa: Most African Govts (3 in 4) Spend More On Arms, Less On Farms

The data is shocking: three-quarters of African Governments have already reduced their agricultural budgets while paying almost double that on arms. Read more »

Africa: The Dynamics of Violent Extremism in Sub-Saharan Africa

There is no better environment for the expansion of violent extremist groups than a vacuum in state authority. It provides ideal conditions for these groups to prey on existing and… Read more »

Africa: 'Hate Speech Loads the Gun, Misinformation Pulls the Trigger' - and It Is Profitable

In this world of wars, massive weapons production, sales and use; of sharpening inequalities and deadly climate emergencies, hate speech and its inhumane impact, is being amplified… Read more »

Africa: Outlook for 2023 - Children in 'Polycrisis'

The year 2022 was incredibly difficult for people around the world. We were confronted by a series of major crises, including a continuing pandemic, a major war in Europe, an… Read more »

Kenya: Kenya's Water Wars Kill Scores

Water scarcity is fuelling deadly inter-ethnic wars that continue to claim lives in Kenya, according to government officials. And if nothing is done to educate communities on how… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Fresh Start for Coffee Producers

Long years of civil war and instability set off a crippling decline in coffee production in the Democratic Republic of Congo: the country's output in 2010 was less than a tenth the… Read more »

Sudan: UN Says Ailing Environment a Key 'Stress Factor'

A report by the U.N. Environment Programme assessing Sudan's environmental degradation, scheduled for a national launch in Khartoum on Jul. 8, has spurred debate for linking… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ogaden Crackdown Carries High Human Cost

An intensified counter-insurgency campaign against Somali rebels and their suspected civilian supporters in Ethiopia's Ogaden region is drawing growing criticism by human… Read more »

Cote d'Ivoire: Falling Global Prices Make Cotton Unattractive

To stem famine and counter a major reduction in rice imports, more and more farmers have been growing rice during the political crisis that has split Ivory Coast in two since 2002. Read more »

Sudan: Oil Sector Proves a Hard Nut to Crack

For geological engineer Farouq Kam, Sudan's 21-year civil war didn't really end in January when the country's Islamist government signed a peace agreement with rebels from the… Read more »

Congo-Brazzaville: Country Cut From 'Clean' Diamond List

An international diamond "policing" scheme has stricken the Republic of Congo from its list of countries certified as following global trading rules, and accused the… Read more »

Africa: U.S. Should Reach Out to African Muslims - Report

The United States should increase its military readiness for peacekeeping or counter-terrorist action in Africa, and make new efforts to reach out to the region's Muslim… Read more »