Essays

The recent debate inside the European Parliament over past and ongoing atrocities in Sudan exposes a profound moral contradiction at the heart of contemporary European political discourse.

The phrase 'Home to Camp' is drawn directly from the testimonies of children and youth during research fieldwork conducted across Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps in Northeast Ethiopia.

Transitional justice (TJ) has been hailed as Ethiopia’s long-awaited antidote for achieving the elusive quest for sustainable peace by addressing both old and current human rights violations. In the context...

One of the underlying forces shaping the United States’ interventionist discourses in Nigeria today is not intelligence, strategy, or local realities, but a haunted historical imaginary, featuring the Sokoto Caliphate...

In my research titled “Queering Terrorism”, published in the journal Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, I examined the sexual practices of terrorist groups such as Boko Haram and the Islamic State...

The launch of the SSRC African University Seminar Series in South Africa (AUSS-SA), which took place from the 18th to the 19th of September 2025 at the University of Witwatersrand...

One of the major expectations of Ethiopia’s Transitional Justice (TJ) process in the context of post-conflict reconciliation, reconstruction, and sustainable peace is that it will deliver justice to victims of...

Militarizing More to Develop Faster? examines the militarization of various sectors of Uganda’s political, social and economic spheres, in relation to national development. The book is a product of a...

Introduction Africa’s clean energy revolution makes compelling headlines. Solar panels glint on rooftops, mini-grids illuminate rural communities, and countries like Namibia1 are betting big on green hydrogen. Electric vehicles are...

Twenty-four years after the 2001 Jos crisis, political, religious, and traditional elites have transformed historical memories of violence into weapons of electoral manipulation.

The Kakum National Park, located in the Central Region of Ghana, is renowned for its lush rainforest and canopy walkway. It draws thousands of tourists each year, contributing significantly to...

Dr. Dare Leke Idowu holds a PhD in Political Studies from the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. He completed his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Political Science at Obafemi Awolowo...