By Murray Leibbrandt, University of Cape Town; Anda David, Agence Française de Développement (AFD); Rawane Yasser, Agence Française de Développement…
Tag: war
Nuclear war threat: why Africa’s pushing for a complete ban
By Olamide Samuel, University of Leicester At a time of heightened geopolitical tensions between Russia and Ukraine, intensified by strategic…
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…
Global crises have hit education hard: 24 years of research offers a way forward for southern Africa
By Emmanuel Ojo, University of the Witwatersrand Global crises have shaped our world over the past two decades, affecting education…
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,…
M23 rebels are marching across eastern DRC: the interests driving players in the conflict
By Kristof Titeca, University of Antwerp The current conditions in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) resemble the situation during…
DRC: history is repeating itself in Lubumbashi as the world scrambles for minerals to go green
By Brandon Marc Finn, University of Michigan and Patrick Brandful Cobbinah, The University of Melbourne Lubumbashi is a city in…
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…
Sudan is the world’s worst modern war – what has happened and what it’ll take to rebuild
By Kagure Gacheche, The Conversation Sudan’s war has been raging since April 2023. The country was on a bumpy road…
Sudan’s descent into chaos sets stage for al-Qaida to make a return to historic stronghold
By Sara Harmouch, American University “Sudan’s moment has come; chaos is our chance to sow the seeds of jihad,” warned…
