At a time when UN peace operations are declining, African organisations are often the first responders to emerging crises.
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Effective migration policy is not about imposing new patterns of movement, but about making existing ones safer, fairer, and more beneficial for all.
The draft African Charter on Family, Sovereignty and Values contains serious inaccuracies and could have far-reaching consequences if adopted.
Rwanda pulling its troops out of Mozambique risks creating a security vacuum in the restive Cabo Delgado province.
Africa’s leaders must urgently rationalise the mission of regional integration and ensure that common political values underpin its ambitions.
Tensions over the role that credit rating agencies play in assessing African countries have broken into the open.
Africans everywhere should show interest in the outcome of the African Union’s elections for its human rights institutions.
While Israel’s recognition of Somaliland alters the board, it doesn’t end the game.
The youth-led struggle for democracy in Uganda reflects a broader continental reality: young Africans want better leadership.
Other countries like China, Turkey, Brazil and Gulf states have already recognized the potential of the African market. Every year Canada delays, it risks losing ground that will be hard to reclaim.
The coup sends a signal that electoral rules and constitutional procedures can be overridden by force.
The lack of toilets makes travelling on Africa’s roads a less-than-pleasant experience.
Africa must challenge the misleading narrative on preferred creditor status of its multilateral development banks.
There are opportunities to support the aim of opening up borders through incremental initiatives and reforms.
Ethiopia tried to transit to democracy in 1991 and 2018. Both attempts were unsuccessful.
Many of Africa’s most powerful innovations are not being measured correctly.
International involvement must be limited to building up Sudan’s capacity to solve its governance problems.
The G20 nations have enough sunny and windy land to power the world with renewable energy.
The G20 has an important role to play in global affairs. But its lack of representation and informal way of working need to be fixed first.
African leaders need to proactively address and confront an impending threat of nuclear war.
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