Throughout the Maghreb and Sahel regions of Africa, many communities are struggling under the strain of new patterns of violence…
Conflict
Whither Peacebuilding Initiatives? The Escalation of Herder-Farmer Conflicts in Nigeria
There is a growing trend towards episodic, low-intensity conflicts across Nigeria, particularly in its north-central and southern zones. These conflicts…
Combattants: Activists or Criminals? A Reflection on Ethnoregionalism and Political Violence among Congolese Immigrants in South Africa
Most studies on African immigrants in South Africa focus on xenophobia, illegal immigration, and corruption within the South African Department…
Peaceful Negotiations: Implications for the Release of Twenty-One Chibok Girls from Boko Haram Captivity
In April 2014, militant Islamist group Boko Haram abducted 276 schoolgirls from Chibok—a town in Borno State, northeastern Nigeria—making global…
Central African Republic Crisis: Conflating Form with Substance?
“As insecurity persists, the conflict complexes continue to feed contending networks on the CAR stage, which will add to the…
South Sudan and the Complications of Peacebuilding through Statebuilding
“The struggle for power between factions at the center depends on building and undermining state institutions simultaneously—a process international assistance…
The Recent Conflict in the Central African Republic: Which Way Out of the Crisis?
"With regime changes by coups d’états as the rule, the political reality in the CAR has been characterized by regimes…
The 9/21 Attack on Westgate Mall: Understanding the Youth Factor in Violent Radicalization in Eastern Africa and the Horn of Africa
Al-Shabaab has begun to mobilize support by taking advantage of political and socio-economic vulnerabilities of the youth in Somalia's neighboring…
Transnational Threats to Peace in Africa
This article illustrates the scope and magnitude of threats within Africa by focusing on drug- trafficking, the proliferation of small…
Recurrent Crisis in the Eastern DRC: Petty Imperialism and Reconceptualizing the Peace Process
The eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is one of the richest regions in the country, with diverse…