Against Koffi Anan’s (the UN Secretary General at the time) better judgement, yet at the insistence of the US, and to save Ethiopia from a protracted war of attrition, the African Union…
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Developing a Relevant and Context-Driven Peace Education Program for University Students in Ethiopia: An Overview
by Abiot Desta Habte
Introduction In recent years, university campuses across Ethiopia have witnessed intermittent clashes that signify conflicts among students of different ethnic and religious identities. It is argued that, while ethnic and religious difference are not the only causes of conflict, they can become a driving force behind violence if politics and democracy are not firmly anchored […]
Mediation & Reconciliation
Totems as a Research Method in Field Research: Some Experiences and Reflections
by Ivan Marowa
Conducting field research in Africa, and Zimbabwe in particular, comes with some complexities. There are certain research approaches we take for granted as African researchers based in African countries, posing hurdles in our quest to co-create knowledge. Some of the research strategies and tools we teach in our research methods modules, or use in our […]
Book Reviews
Book Review: America and the Production of Islamic Truth in Uganda
by Margaret Monyani
Book Review: America and the Production of Islamic Truth in Uganda by Yahya Sseremba (ISBN 9781032412085), 2023; London and New York, Routledge, 216 pp. America and the Production of Islamic Truth in Uganda provides an in-depth analysis of the impact of the war on terror on postcolonial states in Africa, focusing on American interventions in […]
APDD Dispatches
An Interview with Recent PhD Graduate and Next Gen Alumnus, Timothy Chibuike Anyanwu
by Next Generation Social Sciences
Timothy Chibuike Anyanwu is a lecturer at the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike Ikwo, Ebonyi State, Nigeria. He holds a Ph.D. in History and International Studies from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, an M.Sc. in Peace and Conflict Studies from the National Open University of Nigeria, Abuja, and a B.A. in History and International Studies […]
International Relations
Strategic Diplomacy Beyond Recognition: Taiwan and Somaliland’s People-Centered Relations in the Global Arena
by Richard Atimniraye Nyelade
Introduction The 1961 Vienna Convention1 establishes a comprehensive framework for initiating, concluding, and sustaining diplomatic relations based on mutual consent among sovereign states. International diplomacy typically obliges countries to adhere to established diplomatic protocols that emphasize formal state-to-state interactions. In contemporary international relations, unique scenarios arise when entities such as Somaliland and Taiwan, which are […]
Book Reviews
Book Review: Guerrillas and Combative Mothers: Women and the Armed Struggle in South Africa
by Dr. Titilope F. Ajayi
Book Review: Guerrillas and Combative Mothers: Women and the Armed Struggle in South Africa, by Siphokazi Magadla, Pietermaritzburg, University of KwaZulu Natal Press (9781869145163), 2023, 222 pp.; Oxon, Routledge (R255, 9781032597249), 2024, 248 pp. Guerrillas and Combative Mothers chronicles the lived experiences of women veterans of South Africa’s anti-apartheid struggle in response to two primary […]
Book Reviews
Book Review: Guerrillas and Combative Mothers: Women and the Armed Struggle in South Africa