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Africa’s drone wars are growing – but they rarely deliver victory

By Brendon J. Cannon In the last decade, armed drones have become one of the most visible symbols of modern warfare. Once the preserve...

Is there persecution of christians in Nigeria?

By Olayinka Ajala Is there an alarming persecution of christians in Nigeria? Or is Trump using African issues for domestic powergames? What is the evidence? Terrorism...

Sudan’s displaced are in homes, not just camps – and aid keeps missing them

“We must stop searching for a crisis that fits existing models and start designing responses that fit the crisis we actually have.” For the past...

The M23 takeover, part 3: Land grabs and assassinations in DR Congo’s Rutshuru

“They tell us they are hunting the FDLR, but it is peasant farmers who are dying.” It is the place where the insurgency began nearly...

Ali Kushayb, the convicted symbol of crimes in Darfur

Followed by Sudanese in The Hague and in refugees’ camps near Darfur, offering finally “some relief” to the victims, the judgement handed down on...

Those responsible for Sudan’s war have no business being involved in the peace

The war is now deemed responsible for the deaths of up to 150,000 people in mass casualty incidents and of over 500,000 people due...

The ICC has spoken in the first Darfur case trial and convicted a leader of Devils on Horsebacks

The latest news: THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court on Monday the 6th of October convicted a leader of the feared Janjaweed...

The end of an era. The development worker goes home, what remains of the morality that drove him

Development aid by the white Western world to poorer countries is in retreat. It marks the conclusion of an era. What drove Westerners to...

Valentin-Yves Mudimbe: the philosopher who explored what decolonised African thought might look like

Valentin-Yves Mudimbe was one of the most influential African thinkers of the 20th century. He showed that Africa was often imagined as a void to...
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