Consolidating peace efforts across the vast territory has proved difficult for close to three decades. Scholars explain why.
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Kenya’s new president needs to forge closer ties with regional heavyweights to create a balance of power that favours his country.
Kenya’s ethnic-based politics often leads to electoral violence that hurts regional trade.
Recent clashes put eastern Congo’s M23 into the headlines again, but many other security problems persist in the area as diplomats struggle to tackle the underlying causes.
President Samia Hassan has set Tanzania on a change of course – time will tell if the pattern holds and addresses the country’s challenges.
The admission of DRC will extend the East African Community bloc’s reach to the Atlantic Ocean.
Kenya should develop market standards that guide the quality of potatoes sold in local markets.
The aviation industry requires very expensive assets but is sensitive to economic cycles
African countries are struggling to implement the African Union’s protocol on free movement four years after its ratification.
Rwanda’s food policies focus on production to make sure people have livelihoods and enough nutritious food. Not much attention is given to overnutrition.
The government intervening to ensure food safety will increase awareness among producers and consumers.
The community’s response to the pandemic has been fragmented despite gestures of regional solidarity
Understanding the political economy around maize production puts into context debates on key interventions in the value chain.
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.
East African countries use a scorecard to monitor maternal and child health progress in the region.
A military confrontation between Uganda and Rwanda remains implausible. But the stand-off between the two countries is reminiscent of the worst days between them.
Conflict patterns in Africa have changed rapidly in recent years posing a challenge to peace and security.
In coming years, Uganda’s GDP growth is set to accelerate as recent and ongoing public investments begin to yield returns.
The dispute between Uganda and Kenya over an islet half the size of a football pitch has been fuelled by the perceived imbalance in fish harvests and the prospects of oil reserves beneath.
Kenya’s high consumer food prices are worrying because they are unresponsive to the policies pursued. The country needs to address this and improve planning to attain stability.
Top contributors
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Senior Research Fellow New South Institute, Emeritus Professor at The Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town
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PhD Candidate, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Nairobi
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Research Fellow, Tegemeo Institute, Egerton University
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Researcher and lecturer, City University of New York
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Researcher, United States International University
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Research Director of the Insecure Livelihoods Project, Ghent University
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Adjunct assistant professor, Roskilde University
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Researcher, International Growth Centre
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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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Lecturer in international law, University of Iowa
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Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Studies and Governance, University of the Free State
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Senior Lecturer, Institute of Diplomacy and International Studies, University of Nairobi
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Lecturer in Political Science, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Coordinator of Postgraduate Programmes, School of Economics, University of Rwanda
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Professor of Economics, The Open University