South Sudan: What Is Likely to Happen Next in South Sudan?

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South Sudan: What Is Happening in South Sudan?

Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from… Read more »

Africa: 1884 Berlin Conference - the Rise of Military Intervention and the Birth of Youth Political Participation in Africa

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Africa: Conflict Resolution Musical Chairs and the Future of Africa's Crisis Diplomacy

As conflicts rage across the continent, does the AU's decision to relegate its mediation role in favour of weak and ineffective Regional Economic Communities require rethinking? Read more »

Kenya: Kenya's Congo Debacle - How Crony Elite Politics Lost the Fight Against M23

Kenya's foray into the Great Lakes six years ago, was not without ulterior economic motives. Did competing military visions in the East Africa Community's Regional Force cost the… Read more »

Africa: Ethiopia and Somalia - Back to Square One

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Africa: Dispatches From Ukraine, Sudan, and Lebanon - the Neglected Experiences of Africans Caught Up in Global Conflicts

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Africa: Caught Between Two Worlds - an African Student's Experience of the Ukrainian War

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South Sudan: Land Scarcity in Northern Bahr El Ghazal - Implications for Returns

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Congo-Kinshasa: Children and the Coltan Wars in Eastern Congo

With at least 40,000 coerced into mining coltan, and several global tech brands directly implicated in funding conflict, pressure needs to bear on stopping the war as an imperative… Read more »

Africa: Mau Mau - Mukami Kimathi's Swansong to a City At War

72 years after the Declaration of Emergency in Kenya triggered one of the bloodiest anti-colonial wars in history, little has changed for survivors. Read more »

Africa: State Fragmentation and New State Imaginaries - Maritime Access in the Horn of Africa

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Africa: Power Struggle in Tigray

As Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed continues to renege on the Pretoria Agreement that ended hostilities two years ago, infighting within the TPLF further threatens the tenuous stability in… Read more »

Africa: What Must Happen After the Summit of the Future?

What would the manifesto for a more inclusive world look like if it were drafted by people with disabilities? It was, a few weeks ago at a UN Summit. But is it enough? Read more »

Africa: The Deepfake Is a Powerful Weapon in the War in Sudan

While still rudimentary - voice-cloning models can't yet relay convincing Sudanese dialects - the use of Deepfakes is now routinely used on Sudan's violent, if bloodless,… Read more »

Somalia: Somalia in the Red Sea Arena - Tensions and Domestic Implications

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Sudan: Beyond the Battlefield - the Survival Politics of the RSF Militia in Sudan

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Africa: Did the Tumaini Initiative Exceed Its Mandate?

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Uganda: Uganda's Struggles Resettling Climate-Displaced Communities

Landslides and flash floods, made more likely by climate change, and deforestation have made some areas of Uganda permanently risky to live in. Read more »

Ethiopia: The Destruction and Looting of Heritage in the Tigray War

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Congo-Kinshasa: 'Making a Mockery' - Ending Fortress Conservation in DR Congo and Beyond

The court ruling on the rights of the expelled Batwa people could pave the way for the paradigm shift we need. Read more »

Egypt: The Failure of Militarized Diplomacy - Egypt's Coup and the Decline of Continental Hegemony

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Sudan: US Calls for Ceasefire - Sudan's Peace Process At a Crossroads

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Africa: The Long Shadow of German Colonialism

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Egypt: Cairo's Faustian Bargain With Brussels Sends Sudanese Refugees Back Into the Cauldron

The third deal the EU is signing with a 'partner' state since 2016, a cash-strapped Egypt did not hesitate to justify Europe's immigration paranoias for an infusion of euros. The… Read more »