The coup d’etat is pushing democracy to a critical reckoning. The putschists perpetuate instrumental, albeit flawed narratives portraying themselves as the ultimate repairmen of...
From a judge to a rapper, what 9 Haitians make of a foreign intervention
Carrefour-Feuilles, pictured here on 2 November 2023, is one of many districts of Port-au-Prince that has been effectively taken over by gangs, who now...
This is part one, tomorrow part two about the reactions in Haiti If you were to ask a Kenyan which government agency they have the...
In Madagascar’s elections a lot is at stake
Supporters attend a meeting of the 11 opposition candidates in Antananarivo on 21 October 2023. Photo by RIJASOLO/AFP via Getty Images By Adrien Ratsimbaharison Madagascar is set...
BY AYISHA OSORI AND UDO JUDE ILO Liberal democracy is losing steam. With the recent coup in Gabon, Africa celebrated the ignoble milestone of 109 successful coups on...
Also kids are exposed to violent war image
by Kristen Choi Assistant Professor of Nursing & Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles A wasteland of concrete and rubble, the aftermath of Israeli...
Will the rebellion in Amhara unravel the Ethiopian state?
BY MOHAMED KHEIR OMER on African arguments Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed is grappling with a new rebellion in Amhara, simmering conflicts in several regions and a...
The Rwandan government engages in transnational repression by targeting and eliminating political opponents abroad, as well as intimidating their family members who reside in...
Somali piracy, once an unsolvable security threat, has almost completely stopped. Here’s why
By Peter Viggo Jakobsen, Associate professor, Royal Danish Defence College In 2011, pirates carried out 212 attacks in a vast area spanning Somali waters, the Indian...
