The Regression of Sovereignty: How Africa is Losing Protection Without Gaining Respect
25 Mar 2026
Across Africa sovereignty is increasingly invoked selectively, respected or violated for strategic convenience
Across Africa sovereignty is increasingly invoked selectively, respected or violated for strategic convenience
This article assess whether shifts in the African security landscape will influence the situation in Western Sahara by maintaining the status quo or revitalising the efforts to resolve or exacerbate the existing tensions.
How Algeria and Morocco’s reform processes helped the two countries avoid serious violence during the Arab Spring of 2011.
An account of the impact the Arab Spring revolutions had on the social and political landscape of the region.
Editorial By Vasu Gounden Assessing the African Union’s Response to the Libyan Crisis By Sadiki Koko & Martha Bakwesegha-Osula Emergent Conflict Resolution at Sea off Africa By Francois Vreí¿ Morocco’s
Editorial By Vasu Gounden Assessing the African Union’s Response to the Libyan Crisis By Sadiki Koko & Martha Bakwesegha-Osula Emergent Conflict Resolution at Sea off Africa By Francois Vreí¿ Morocco’s
Abstract This paper examines the democratisation agenda laid out by Western governments for the North African region vis-í -vis their Realpolitik conflict containment approach towards the Western Sahara conflict. Western policymakers