Bernadine Jones, former Next Gen fellow, recently published a book titled Election and TV News in South Africa (Palgrave Macmillan). Next Gen’s Shana Pareemamun, sat down to interview her on her book and the…
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Covid-19 in Africa
The Unequal Burden of Water Insecurity during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Insights from Uganda
by Resty Naiga
The global importance of reliable access to safe water as being essential to containing the spread of the virus is more challenging for sub-Saharan African countries that were already vulnerable to water, food, and inadequate health systems.
Mediation & Reconciliation
Prospects of using Theatre for Development (TfD) as a tool for resolving Farmers-Pastoralist conflict in Kilosa, Tanzania
by Julieth T. Kabyemela
This essay establishes that TfD has immense potential in mediating and resolving farmer-pastoralist conflicts as it has the power to empower community members to reflect more on their conflicts and address conflicts through community members' proposed means.
Africa Union (AU) - European Union (EU) Partnership
AU-EU Relations on Peace and Security
by Bernardo Venturi
Although peace and security are likely to remain a priority in AU-EU cooperation given the magnitude of related challenges linking the two continents and the need for concerted action, the new financial architecture embodied by the EPF has significant implications for the future of the partnership.
Africa Union (AU) - European Union (EU) Partnership
AU-EU Cooperation: Beyond Business as Usual?
by Jacopo Resti
On the eve of its third decade, AU-EU cooperation is at the crossroads–having to choose between perpetuating ineffective practices of cooperation or going beyond business as usual to realize the partnership’s full potential.
Africa Union (AU) - European Union (EU) Partnership
EU-AU Trade and Development Partnership: Beyond the Aid Trap
Africa Union (AU) - European Union (EU) Partnership
Editorial: Special Issue on AU-EU Partnership
by Resty Naiga
This Special Issue brings together the foregoing research findings, offering a timely snapshot of the state of AU-EU cooperation along with actionable recommendations to inform the new partnership through the Summit and beyond.
Democracy, Development and Governance
Anticipating the new awful: Covid-19 and South Africa’s fragile peace
by Gideon van Riet
The coronavirus and lockdown measures have had a crippling effect on the South African economy and her people. The pandemic exacerbated pre-existing conditions of economic hardship and marginalization in South Africa in many ways.
Cameroon
Grassroots Perspectives on Building Sustainable Peace in the North West and South West Regions of Cameroon