By Vicki Squire, University of Warwick The defunding of the US Agency for International Development (USAID), along with reductions in…
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South Sudan on the brink of civil war: bold action from the international community is needed
By Madhav Joshi, University of Notre DameSouth Sudan is likely to return to full-blown civil war unless the international community…
Sudan’s civil war: What military advances mean, and where the country could be heading next
By Christopher Tounsel, University of Washington A series of advances by the Sudanese military has led some observers to posit…
Violence in South Sudan is rising again: what’s different this time, and how to avoid civil war
By Jan Pospisil, Coventry University A rise in political tensions in South Sudan and an escalation of violence in the…
15 million South Africans don’t get enough to eat every day: 4 solutions
By Stephen Devereux, Institute of Development Studies; Busiso Moyo, University of the Western Cape, and Mark Heywood, University of Cape…
DRC vs Rwanda at the African Court: why it could be a decisive moment for human rights and justice on the continent
By Frans Viljoen, University of Pretoria As the armed conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) rages on,…
South African troops are dying in the DRC: why they’re there and what’s going wrong
By Lindy Heinecken, Stellenbosch University The death of South African soldiers on a Southern African Development Community (SADC) mission in…
More than 1 million Haitians displaced by gang violence, humanitarian crisis: UN agency
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — More than one million Haitians have been displaced on the Caribbean nation over the last year, which…
How Haiti became a failed state
By Nicolas Forsans, University of Essex The US military started airlifting embassy staff out of Haiti overnight as the Caribbean…
Sudan war: 9,000 killed, 4.5 million displaced 6 months after fighting began, U.N. official says
SUDAN — The ongoing war in Sudan has claimed the lives of up to 9,000 people since it began in…
