On 12 October 2026, former Congolese president Joseph Kabila announced in M23-controlled Goma the creation of the Front pour ...

After a protracted civil war (1991–2002), Sierra Leone embarked on a very ambitious post-war peace-building and national development agenda. Key among the strategies employed is the Vision 2025 ...

Hakainde Hichilema’s election in 2021 was widely interpreted as a victory for democracy. Zambia has suffered rising repression under his predecessor, Edgar Lungu, but Hichilema promised democratic ...

To gain insight into Russia’s governance model in Africa, one only need look at the experience of the Central African Republic. Russian mercenaries with the notorious Wagner Group, ostensibly brought ...

How are women, their roles and functions imagined in future African post-conflict societies? What are the spaces and places that women occupy in African peace agreements? Africa has seen a ...

Economic sanctions are widely viewed by academics and policymakers as a better alternative to military interventions to pressure governments to change objectionable policies. The idea is simple: ...

Structural conundrums dog a new movement seeking to transform Ghana, but its biggest headache is a moral hurdle. For weeks the giant billboards dominated the skylines of Ghanaian cities. But the most ...

The past month has seen protests erupt across Kenya. Initially focused on the rejection of the country’s 2024 Finance Bill attention has since shifted to Ruto’s removal, police brutality, corruption, ...

In the early hours of 3 September, a group of suspected fighters from the Islamic State-linked insurgency in northern ...

In Lusaka in early August, an eerie silence lies over much of the city. Five days until the country goes to the polls on 13 August 2026, there is none of the frenzy or excitement that characterised ...

Following a series of interviews with former colleagues, this is an attempt to profile one of Africa’s most reclusive and authoritarian leaders. Though he remarkably outlasted his peers, his ...

Kenya has witnessed a heightened wave of protests driven by the country’s Gen Z against the perceived arrogance and opulence of the current administration. The social media campaigns ...