August 21, 2023
Africa: Africa Climate Summit - Kenya's Green Growth Pitch Sparks Justice Concerns
Outcry over McKinsey's role and unease with Ruto's focus on finance raises questions as to whether the summit will truly be "by Africans for Africans". Read more »
August 20, 2023
Uganda: Boda Bodas - Half a Century of Getting to Places, Madly
50-odd years ago, Ali Mayende's innovation in the border town of Busia sparked a revolution that has become the lifeblood of East African public transportation. Read more »
August 16, 2023
Sudan: 'One Army, One People'? the Ethnic and Regional Politics of Sudan's Military and Militias and Its Role in Coups and Wars Past and Present
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August 09, 2023
South Sudan: Controversial General Elections and the Future of Democratic Transition in South Sudan
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August 04, 2023
Ethiopia: How Years of Tension in Amhara Boiled to the Surface
Deepening suspicions that Abiy was plotting against the Amhara is driving the Fano rebellion against Addis Ababa. Read more »
July 28, 2023
Sudan: Not the Last Chapter - Making Sense of a Senseless War, Readings On Sudan
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July 25, 2023
East Africa: Isaias Afwerki - Beijing's Friend in the Horn
Under pressure from the West seeking to counter two decades of Chinese influence, can Beijing rely on their man in Asmara? Read more »
July 21, 2023
Sudan: A Road Full of Corpses and a Town Empty Save for Rebel Militias
Two more mass graves with over 146 bodies in West Darfur are only the "tip of the iceberg", residents say. As peace efforts stall and the ICC opens a new investigation, when will… Read more »
July 06, 2023
Sudan: At What Point Will the Security Council Intervene?
Mediation initiatives, not least the US-Saudi one, have failed. Under Chapter VII of the UN charter, the Security Council could deploy troops. Read more »
June 30, 2023
South Sudan: Women's Rights in South Sudan - When Is the 'Right Time'?
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June 23, 2023
Uganda: 'Danger Is Imminent' - Ugandans Blame EACOP Tree Clearings for Floods
Floods submerged farms near TotalEnergies' 700-acre industrial area. The oil major has compensated 88 people. Officials say thousands were affected. Read more »
June 19, 2023
Sudan: Libya, Washington and Khartoum
Washington's obsession with the Wagner Group is clouding its efforts to contain Russia's growing influence in Libya and Sudan. Read more »
June 16, 2023
Madagascar: How Madagascar's New Foreign Investment Law Will Perpetuate the Colonial Dispossession of the People
The new law gives foreign investors equal rights to land as ordinary Malagasy, some who are still demanding the return of ancestral lands seized by the French in the 19th century. Read more »
June 12, 2023
Somalia: The Dynamics of Conflict Over Lasanod - Ongoing Fighting, Administration Building, Failed Mediation and Forecast
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June 05, 2023
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 »
May 30, 2023
Africa: 'Don't Agonise, Organise!' Remembering Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem's Advocacy On Sudan
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May 27, 2023
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 »
May 26, 2023
Somalia: Is a Peaceful Somalia Possible? Alternatives to Total War On Al-Shabaab
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May 25, 2023
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 »
May 23, 2023
Kenya: The Rebirth of Anti-Elite Land Politics in Ruto's Kenya
If the invasion of the Kenyatta property resurrected the ghosts of Mau Mau, where did it leave the land question in central Kenya? Read more »
May 18, 2023
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 »
May 17, 2023
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
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May 15, 2023
Sudan: As the Generals Fight, Who's Playing Chess With the Old Islamists?
The clash between Burhan and Hemedti was inevitable. In the mediation scramble, nobody can afford to side with Bashir's Islamists. Read more »