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Policing capacity is stretched, so technology that promises to pinpoint gunfire is politically attractive. Thomas Quine/Wikimedia Commons

Did Cape Town’s gunshot detection system work? Why jury is still out on what ShotSpotter achieved

The issue is not whether cities should use technology for public safety, but how those technologies are chosen, evaluated and governed.
Senegalese peacekeepers on patrol in Bamako, Mali. Flickr

Shadows of past political violence shape the lives of young Africans for years – a study of nine countries

A child born into a community with a history of political unrest is at higher risk of abuse as they grow into a young adult.
Wall of remembrance in Lagos for missing Nigerian schoolgirls. Beendy234 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0

Conflict hits schooling hardest where children are the target – study

When armed groups use child recruitment or sexual violence, the impact of conflict on schooling is much more severe than in conflicts without these tactics.
A Sudan People’s Liberation Army soldier outside Juba. Photo by SAMIR BOL/cds/AFP via Getty Images

Do aid cuts fuel violent conflict in Africa? How to promote peace

In areas that had received the most American aid, the probability of conflict increased by 3.1 percentage points.
Members of “March and March” and “Operation Dudula” chant anti-migrant slogans during a protest march in Durban, South Africa, in May 2026. Rajesh Jantilal/AFP via Getty Images

South Africa’s anti‑migrant campaigns use the language of democracy: why that’s dangerous

Organisations behind the wave of xenophobia use the language of participation, community and people’s power to justify marginalisation.

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