Central African Republic: Touadéra's Third-Term Plans Are Pushing CAR to the Brink

In his quest to remake the country in his image, President Touadéra has unleashed forces he may not be able to control. Read more »

Somalia: The Dynamics of Conflict Over Lasanod - Ongoing Fighting, Administration Building, Failed Mediation and Forecast

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

Senegal: Senegal's Angry Protesters Are Proud Defenders of Their Democracy

Senegal's protesters should be lauded for defending their country's democracy, not condemned for fomenting chaos. Read more »

East Africa: The Sudan Crisis Viewed From Juba - The Path Towards Resolution

Given their strong historical bonds, and Juba's track record, what is the argument for Juba to mediate the conflict in Sudan? Read more »

Sudan: How the Generals Disappeared the People On the Way to the Economy

Is independent Sudan's history the haunted tale of military generals meeting their fates on the economic paths they were trying to avoid? Read more »

Somalia: Is a Peaceful Somalia Possible? Alternatives to Total War On Al-Shabaab

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

Sudan: Making Pariahs of Al-Burhan and Hemedti Will Unlock the Talks

Until the parties feel that their financial interests are in jeopardy, they won't be prepared to participate in genuine discussions. Read more »

Somalia: The Unexpected Success of Somalia's New Fight Against Al-Shabaab

Why the new Somalia president's declaration of war against the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab is generating a national zeitgeist. Read more »

Sudan: Calling It a Fight Between the Generals Is Simplistic

Northern and Central elites have always prosecuted violence from the centre. Now, the periphery brought the eternal war to Khartoum. Read more »

Sudan: Sudan - The Quiet Scramble to Broker the Peace

The Horn's geopolitics are increasingly shaped by rich Gulf hegemons who view the region as a theatre for their competing interests. Read more »

Sudan: Sudan's Catastrophe - a Long History of Failed Responses to Structural and Direct Violence

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

Mozambique: The Return to Cabo Delgado - Gas, War, and the Emergence of Total Land

While TotalEnergies remains coy about restarting the $20bn gas project, Mozambicans are coming home in the conspicuous absence of the state. Read more »

Rwanda: Rwanda, Too, Needs to Make Amends

Rwanda accuses Congo-Kinshasa of being unable to put its house in order; it, too, must deal with the question of its 245,000 refugees. Read more »

Sudan: What Will Happen in Sudan?

The current crisis exposes the motives of the men with guns. It requires, paradoxically, the intervention of a distracted international community that has done little to support a… Read more »

Nigeria: How Nigeria Avoided Organized Violence During the 2023 Elections

Super Camps and military vigilance in the North, and Peter Obi's candidature in the southeast quelled much potential violence. Read more »

Somalia: The International Community Must Reconsider Its Engagement With Somaliland

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

Somalia: Conflict In Las Anod and Crisis in Somaliland

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

Somalia: Conflict in Somaliland - Beyond the Clannism Convention

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

Congo-Kinshasa: The Gangs of Gombe

Birthed by democracy, recruited by rival politicians, they have operated with impunity. This election season has been no different. Read more »

Nigeria: Inside the Insurgency in Northeastern Nigeria

As a regional force ratchets up pressure, rival Islamist factions engage in a brutal fratricidal war. Is it a matter of time before Boko Haram falls? Read more »

Nigeria: Boko Haram and Nigeria's Elections - the Candidates' Security Pledges

The activities of over 80 active militant groups have already pushed Nigeria to the brink. How will the new president respond? Read more »

Ethiopia: Is the Peace Deal the Beginning of the End for the Tigray People's Liberation Front?

Three months after its signing, a shattered Tigray is picking up the pieces. But not even the end of the siege can quell rising murmurs of discontent. Read more »