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Political and security implications of public reactions to unconstitutional changes of government in (West) Africa: The curious case of Burkina Faso

In the run-up of activities leading up to the 50th anniversary of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP), the Social Science Research Council (SSRC), and the Conflict Research Network (CORN) – West Africa, organised a high-level policy dialogue from 15-16 April in Accra, Ghana, on “Understanding […]

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Communities of Practice as a Transformative Strategy for Digital Peacebuilding in Africa

Background As digital technologies continue to reshape the global peacebuilding landscape, new possibilities and challenges keep emerging. Some limitations relate to epistemic injustices and blindness toward local perspectives and experiences, partly due to a universalist assumption that technologies function uniformly across contexts.1 During my African Peacebuilding Network (APN) Individual Research Fellowship (2023/2024), I explored the […]

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May 8, 2025

The Invisibility of the “Born Free” Generation in the New Namibian Cabinet

Introduction The growing and improving presence of younger individuals in African parliaments offer potential for greater age balance, but whether their potential will be fully realized remains to be seen. Globally, the youth constitute the majority of the voting population but are severely underrepresented in political life.1 While people under the age of 30 account […]

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May 1, 2025

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Communities of Practice as a Transformative Strategy for Digital Peacebuilding in Africa

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Background As digital technologies continue to reshape the global peacebuilding landscape, new possibilities and challenges keep emerging. Some limitations relate to epistemic injustices and blindness toward local perspectives and experiences, partly due to a universalist assumption that technologies function uniformly across contexts.1 During my African Peacebuilding Network (APN) Individual Research Fellowship (2023/2024), I explored the […]

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May 8, 2025

The Invisibility of the “Born Free” Generation in the New Namibian Cabinet

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Introduction The growing and improving presence of younger individuals in African parliaments offer potential for greater age balance, but whether their potential will be fully realized remains to be seen. Globally, the youth constitute the majority of the voting population but are severely underrepresented in political life.1 While people under the age of 30 account […]

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May 1, 2025

The Dynamics of Conducting Field-based Research within Religious Spaces in South Africa: Challenges and Opportunities

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April 23, 2025
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April 23, 2025

Can Domestic Initiatives End the Conflict in Ethiopia’s Amhara Region?

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Introduction The Ethiopian government has faced serious problems in Ethiopia’s most influential regions – Tigray, Oromia, and now Amhara. A year has passed since the fighting between the Amhara ethnic militia, called Fano, and the federal defense force continued, causing immense suffering and devastation. Domestic initiatives for conflict resolution and peacebuilding hardly brighten the prospects […]

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April 17, 2025

Aborted Democratic Peacebuilding in Sudan: A Tale of Western Apathy, Regional Encroachments, and Domestic Disillusionment

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The views expressed here emanated from a panel discussion on “Trendlines and Transformations in African Democratic Governance: Lessons for US-Africa Relations,” held at the Woodrow Wilson International Centre for Scholars in Washington DC., on November 13, 2024. In December 2018, Sudan witnessed the third democratic uprising in its post-independent history. Led by a broad coalition […]

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April 3, 2025

Is US-Africa Relations at the Crossroads: What does it mean for Africa?

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April 3, 2025
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April 3, 2025

An Interview with Recent PhD Graduate and Next Gen Alumna, Susan Kung’u

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Dr. Susan Kung’u is a lecturer in Communication, Media and Gender Studies at the Presbyterian University of East Africa. She holds a Ph.D. in Communication and Information Studies from the University of Nairobi, a Master’s degree from the same university, and a Bachelors in Education degree from Kenyatta University, Kenya. Her doctoral dissertation studied the […]

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April 2, 2025

An Interview with Recent PhD Graduate and Next Gen Alumnus, Dr. Magolanga Shagembe

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Magolanga Shagembe is a lecturer, researcher, and social psychology consultant based in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. His teaching, research, and consulting areas are on social thought and behavior, work/organizational behavior and well-being, child and adolescents’ learning and development, as well as mental health and psychosocial […]

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March 27, 2025

Is Religion Always Violent? Understanding Religious Peacebuilding, with a Focus on the Catholic Church

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March 20, 2025
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March 20, 2025
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