The African Union’s role in Sudan’s political crisis proves that it’s legal framework is strong enough to resolve regional disputes
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The ICC may be the only institution capable of breaking the current legal impasse.
Pan-African festival marked the emergence of a post-imperial world
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It’s unclear how relations between Addis Ababa and Asmara will develop but the warmth has largely gone.
Now that African countries have signed up for the continental free trade agreement, they must complete the institutional loop by jumpstarting the creation of the African Monetary Fund.
Election to the Security Council is prestigious for member states because it gives them a seat at the highest table of global decision-making.
The killing of protesters by the Sudanese military signifies its reluctance to hand over power, as demanded by the African Union.
Africa’s new continental free trade area, the AfCFTA, is a remarkable achievement. However, decisive diplomatic, technical and social action is needed for it to succeed.
Interviews with Rwandan women from the military who had served on peacekeeping missions found many felt ill-equipped for what they had to deal with.
The African Union and its member states are creating their own interpretation of immunity which will protect its heads of state from courts abroad.
Despite taking a step backwards, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights can redeem itself by continuing to protect the rights of LGBTQ persons on the continent
The role of the military in toppling authoritarian rulers, after intensive popular protests, raises questions about how the AU’s policy against coups should be applied.
The international community responded quickly to Cyclone Idai as the African Union dragged its feet.
The solidarity conference by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) can be seen as a reaction to the gradual shift of power towards Morocco.
The Democratic Republic of Congo’s new leader Felix Tshisekedi is being undermined by the outgoing regime of Joseph Kabila.
Warring factions in South Sudan have signed numerous peace deals none of which have held.
The African Peer Review Mechanism got off to a good start, but enthusiasm soon waned.
The visibility of #MeToo makes it easy to overlook the very powerful campaigns against sexual violence in Africa.
South Sudan’s road to peace has been bumpy but there’s hope.
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Honorary Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor, Institute of African Studies, University of Leipzig
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Research fellow, Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS), United Nations University
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Director & SARChI Research Chair: Political Economy of Migration in the SADC Region, University of Pretoria
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Programme manager of the Master's in Human Rights and Democratisation in Africa at the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria
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Steinberg Postdoctoral Fellow in International Migration Law, Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, Faculty of Law, McGill University
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Political Scientist, University of the Western Cape
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Professor of International Human Rights Law, Centre for Human Rights, and acting SARChI Chair in International Constitutional Law, University of Pretoria
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Professor of International Law, University of Pretoria
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Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Studies and Governance, University of the Free State
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Extraordinary Lecturer, University of Pretoria
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Reader in Law, University of Sussex
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PhD candidate in Political Studies at the Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Johannesburg
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Senior Research Fellow, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs and Visiting Professor University of Buckingham, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
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Associate Professor International Law, Roskilde University