African governments need to strengthen regional cooperation on peace and security because regional stability is essential for sustainable debt.
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While cholera launched modern epidemiology and has nearly disappeared in many countries, the disease never went away. It has instead retreated to the places least equipped to fight it.
An eight-country study assessed whether parenting programmes that were developed through research also work when offered at a wider scale in real-life conditions.
No country emerging from prolonged civil war is ever sufficiently prepared for elections.
What explains civil servants’ decision to remain in a bankrupt administration during challenging times?
A new continent-wide map is helping identify where Africa’s groundwater can support drinking water and irrigation. Monitoring boreholes tracks aquifer health.
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.
Eroding the gains made in education has severe consequences, especially for girls.
The East African Community signalled that the bloc was ready to sideline countries that compromise funding.
The flaws in Standard & Poor’s Global’s report could influence investor perceptions and reinforce existing biases against Africa.
We look at Sudan’s long history of civilian-led resistance, and how community networks and youth movements are laying the foundations for re-establishing peaceful rule in a country marked by deep political fragmentation.
The qualities forged by his intense involvement in the struggle for democratic practices shaped his approach to conflict and strife, wherever it occurred.
A national dialogue is usually convened during moments of political crisis or transition.
South Sudan’s laws provide a 48-hour window to name a successor to guarantee continuity with minimal friction.
Treating the White Army as synonymous with South Sudan’s opposition serves a political purpose.
Hundreds of returnees and forced migrants reported being terrorised by soldiers and armed militias on both sides of the Sudan civil war.
Despite the rising burden of stroke across Africa, there is no continent-wide framework or standardised protocol for stroke management.
Instability has allowed South Sudan’s elite to undermine the justice system and suppress efforts at reconciliation.
Aid workers are dying at greater numbers than ever. A new declaration is a start – now it must lead to great protection on the ground.
The US is not alone in its attempts to send asylum seekers to countries in Africa.
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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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Researcher at the Austrian Institute for International Affairs, Österreichisches Institut für Internationale Politik (OIIP)
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Adjunct Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Associate Professor of History, University of Washington
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Lecturer, Western Sydney University
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Director, International Development Department, University of Birmingham
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Research Professor & Associate Director, Peace Accords Matrix (PAM), Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies and Keough School of Global Affairs, University of Notre Dame
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Professor of International Security, University of Birmingham
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Adjunct Professor of African Security Studies, University of Juba
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DPhil Candidate, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford
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Research associate at African Centre for Cities, University of Cape Town
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McKenzie Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Charles Darwin University
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Professor of Politics, University of Birmingham
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Professor, Weber State University
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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham