Don’t write off democracy in Africa just yet
By Howard W. French The 1980s are usually recalled as a decade of one-party rule in Africa, and beyond that,…
The juntas and the hunted: A coup in Burkina Faso will help the Sahel’s jihadists
•Military rule will exacerbate the problems that have allowed extremism to thrive Most coups begin with confusion. In Burkina Faso the…
A Russia-Ukraine war could ripple across Africa and Asia
•Beware of food price spikes and revolutions if Ukrainian grain deliveries are disrupted. By Alex Smith, a food and agriculture analyst…
On Buratai, UN’s Panacea to Insecurity
Ambassador Tukur Buratai
Intelligence failures are stunting Nigeria’s war on terror
By Uche Igwe Nigeria’s worsening security situation is leading to increased citizen and military fatalities, and recent violent ambushes have…
Ten things to watch in Africa in 2022
Text by The German Institute for Global and Area Studies (GIGA) Hamburg (https://www.giga-hamburg.de/en) Two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, there…