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 examines the effectiveness of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) doctrine in the context of the international community’s response to the civil war between the Ethiopian Government and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front.
Arguing that the perceived choice between justice and peace is a false one since, as the two mutually reinforce each other.