Opinion & Analysis
Historic elections in South Sudan
For the first time in its 13 years of independence, the country is poised to hold a groundbreaking general election in December. Maggie LoWilla looks at power, politics and the pathway to what will be one of 19 elections in Africa this year. Africa Briefing As 2024 unfolds, elections take centre stage across the African continent, […]
Sudan’s Dangerous Descent Into Warlordism
TIME BY KHOLOOD KHAIR AND ASMAHAN AKAM Kholood Khair is a Sudanese policy analyst and founding director of Confluence Advisory. She is now based in London. Asmahan Akam is a Sudanese civil society activist currently living in Boston. Like millions of people from Sudan, we have seen our families suffer in the wake of a devastating war that began in […]
Withdrawal of ATMIS troops from Somalia will undermine national and regional security
Following 17 years and three extensive international peace missions, the Federal Government of Somalia is now preparing to assume complete responsibility for its own security. African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) plans to withdraw over 2,000 peacekeepers from Somalia in the upcoming weeks as part of its commitment to the United Nations Security Council(UNSC) […]