Will the South Sudan Model Apply to Darfur?
For a long period of time, indications have shown that Sudan was heading for another serious conflict. In the last three decades, prominent figures like the British-American historian Bernard Lewis have been advancing the idea of the restructuring of the Middle East.
Anchoring ECCAS Peace Architecture on Human Security: Retrospective and Prospective Analysis of APSA @20
The review of the twenty years of existence of the APSA of the AU and its contribution to peace in Central Africa is timely
Towards a Renewed AU-UN Partnership: Financing of African Union Led Peace Support Operations
It is time now – more than ever – for the UN Security Council to endorse one of the funding models outlined by Secretary-General Guterres for the predictable, sustainable, and flexible financing of AU-led operations and modalities for AU missions to access UN accessed contributions.
How Not to Do UN Peacekeeping
UN peacekeeping is now under new pressure because of a significant loss of trust between its three large stabilisation operations and their host countries
SADC deployment into Eastern DRC: Implications and Opportunities
It is important to underscore that peace and stability continue to be elusive in the eastern DRC and the region as the conflict goes back decades
Impact of Border Insecurity on AfCFTA Trade Facilitation
Borders and borderlands in Africa have become spaces where the nexus of security, development, crime, conflict and politics often interface and collide.
Africa’s Digital Gender Divide
Despite the efforts and moderate digital progress that Africa has made throughout the decades, a need still exists to further their digital development.
Striving for peace in Africa’s Great Lakes region: Ongoing efforts to resolve the current crisis
Ongoing peace processes attest to a new dynamic; they signal a quest for finding regional solutions to peace and security challenges in the Great Lakes region
The Role, Progress and Challenges of the EAC Regional Force in the Eastern DRC
The East African region is to mobilise soldiers to work in cooperation with FARDC and administrative forces to support the political dialogue between rebels and the government, provide civilian protection, enforce peace agreements and contain, defeat and eradicate negative forces in the country
Receptivity and Reintegration of Ex-Boko Haram Associates in the Lake Chad Basin Region
The recent mass exits from Boko Haram present an inevitable yet unique opportunity to take stock of earlier efforts to encourage defections from Boko Haram factions