"The media in Kenya need to take their public interest role seriously and stop behaving as fear mongers or as…
“Kill Us Together or Leave Us Alone”: The Beginning of the End of Al-Shabaab Menace in Kenya
Statebuilding & Security
These Kujenga Amani essays highlight the various strategies of, and challenges facing statebuilding and peace in conflict-affected parts of Africa. They also represent a range of perspectives exploring the current efforts being made by African regional institutions, countries, and civil society to address these challenges at the local, national, and regional levels.
How Is the Securitization of Africa Addressing Human Insecurity?
"The securitization of Africa has changed academic discourse in several ways by broadening the concept of “security” and its role…
The South Sudan Peace Deal and Prospects for Peacebuilding
"Post-conflict peacebuilding and reconstruction present a complex challenge to any nascent state emerging from war. In South Sudan, negotiated tradeoffs…
Statebuilding and Peacebuilding in Contexts of Identity-Related Conflicts: A Necessary Collaboration
"It is important to ask how peacebuilding can take place when the state is perceived as biased, partisan, unfair, and…
A Beleaguered Political Marriage: The Tanganyika-Zanzibar Union and the Constitution Process in Tanzania
"The proposed three-tiered government structure will ease the historical tensions between Tanzania Mainland and Zanzibar, and strengthen this iconic political…