Election as Qintot: Can the Upcoming Polls Move Ethiopia’s Politics Beyond Survival?
Ethiopia’s seventh general election is scheduled for 1 June 2026, yet beneath procedural preparations lies a political and security landscape that remains deeply complex
AI-Powered Early Warning Systems and the Governance of Autonomous Surveillance Technologies in African Conflict Zones: Lessons from the Sudan Crisis (2023–2025)
As drones, satellite AI analysis and social media monitoring proliferate across African conflict zones, the AU’s peace architecture remains dangerously under-equipped to govern them
Why Digital Access Matters for Refugee Girls in Conflict Settings
Compared to boys, refugee girls are less likely to have independent access to phones or the internet
Flashpoints at the Frontier: Rising Border Tensions in Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Liberia
Recent border tensions involving Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone highlight enduring structural weaknesses in border governance in the Mano River and West Africa
Beyond Tokenism: Institutionalising Meaningful Youth Participation in Peace and Security Decision-Making in West Africa
Despite growing recognition of the YPS agenda, meaningful participation remains limited by institutional and socio-cultural barriers
A Predictable Fracture: Why the United for Change Experiment was Doomed from the Start
The decision to contest separately does not appear abrupt but rather the logical outcome of a merger that never fully transitioned from announcement to implementation
Africa’s Security Crossroads: Security in a Shifting World
The landscape of global engagement with Africa is shifting. This moment demands a fundamental rethinking of how Africa secures itself, without hollowing out the democratic gains of recent decades
The Peoples of the Global South Don’t Need Health Security: They Need Health Sovereignty
Securitisation of the health agenda has practical consequences. It enables a dramatic expansion of state power over populations by collapsing health safety into national security
When Decency Becomes Legacy: Remembering Nicholas ‘Fink’ Haysom
The passing of Nicholas ‘Fink’ Haysom invites reflection not only on a distinguished career, but on the quiet and enduring power of integrity in public service
Africa–West Relations at a Turning Point: Interests, Agency and a New Bargain
A new geopolitical architecture is being assembled, and the question before us is whether Africa will help design it or merely inherit it