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The rise of farmer-herder conflict in Africa is more pernicious than fatality figures alone, however, since it is often amplified by the emotionally potent issues of ethnicity, religion, culture, and land. Militant Islamist groups in central Mali and...

The recent rise in coups in the continent is a reflection of a declining regional and international willingness to enforce anti-coup norms.It was between 1960 and 2000 when coup d’états were prominent as demonstrated by 82 successful coups...

There is no more critical variable than governance, for it is governance that determines whether there are durable links between the State and the society it purports to govern.The nature of governance is central because it determines whether the...

Rather than accepting identity conflict as an inevitable feature of Africa’s highly diverse ethnic landscape, a number of preventative policy interventions can be pursued.This piece shall attempt to analyse key areas that can go a long way in...

This piece challenges that notion arguing that a re-diagnosis of the underlying drivers to ethnic violence can lead to more effective and sustainable responses. There is a general perception that Africa is trapped in a never-ending cycle of ethnic...

Xenophobia has been, and continues to be, one of the perennial roadblocks to reaching the aspiration of African unity. Undoubtedly, this is a complex phenomenon caused by many broader issues and social ills.Some of the broader issues include...

The rise in transnational terrorism in the Horn of Africa, the Sahel, the SADC region and the Great Lakes region has made the continent to be engulfed in political bushfires that have stretched the military capabilities of affected states beyond...

Unfortunately, it can help groups and individuals with less positive intentions to promote violent ideologies, create confusion and spread fear among the general public. Terrorists use a number of methods to indoctrinate and radicalise new...

Militant Islamist group violence against civilians in the Sahel represents 60% of all such violence in Africa and is projected to increase by more than 40% in 2023.This uninterrupted escalation of violence has displaced more than 2.5 million people...

Even prior to the outbreak of conflict in Sudan, there were more than 13 million people in Sudan and its seven neighbours who were refugees or internally displaced.More than 40 million people in these countries are facing acute food insecurity....

The commemorations come at a time when the continent is facing serious security challenges in almost all its sub-regions. There are arguments that insecurity in the continent can be traced to poor governance.The challenges of poor governance are not...

My observation and subsequent commentary have covered politically fragile states such as the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Cameroon, Western Sahara, Angola, Mozambique, Somalia, Equatorial Guinea, South Sudan etc. Being involved as an...

Many African states have unresolved conflicts that in turn perpetuate internal and external displacement of millions of people. There are 13 African countries facing major armed conflict, and they account for almost 90% of more than 25 million people...

At the same time, the continent is faced with a plethora of socio-economic maladies and political bushfires than any other continent. On the other hand, this is a continent of great potential and such potentialities are seldom covered by the media.In...

Sudan is a clear example of those African states that have experienced all kinds of conflict for many decades. Since independence, the country has never been politically stable.The violent conflict that has erupted in the past few days that has...