Africa has occupied a rather marginal place in US policy over the past four years—save for in the security sector—although it did not escape a reduction in US financial contributions toward its…
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Sponsoring Sufism as a Framework for Countering Violent Extremism in the Horn of Africa: The Ethiopia-US Alliance
by Mohammed Dejen Assen
The governments of Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya, and Ethiopia have initiated policies and strategies to support the activities of Sufis in their fight against religious extremism and in their bid to secure US aid “invested for rehabilitating Sufi shrines and teachings across the world.”
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The Impact of Covid-19 on Female Genital Mutilation in Egypt
by Dr. Sherihan Radi
The Covid-19 pandemic is adversely affecting people in diverse regions of the world, especially those in vulnerable situations such as young girls and women. The pandemic is also hampering efforts to rein in the violation of reproductive rights, including the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM).
Africa
‘Electocracy’ Writ Large: Is Political Imagination under the Spell of Electoral Fundamentalism in Uganda?
by David Ngendo-Tshimba
The litany of predicaments of social existence in today’s Uganda—from systemic impoverishment of society by the neoliberal polity to political violence with remarkable impunity—are not simply incidental problems which the holding of periodic and popular elections can easily fix.
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Tigray without the Tigray Peoples Liberation Front: What Next?
by Redie Bereketeab
On November 4, 2020, Ethiopians and people all over the world woke up to the shocking news of the outbreak of war in the Tigray region. The war was triggered by an attack by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) forces on the northern command of the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) based in Tigray. […]
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An Interview with Asher Gamedze, Theresia Philemon, and Godfrey Maringira at the First Ever Virtually Held APN and …
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The African Union’s Shared Values: Why Democracy and Governance Must Be Fit for Purpose
by David Omozuafoh
This article explores the premise that democracy and governance are shared values, and therefore a business model which enables AU member-states to advance the course of Africa integration.
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The Covid-19 Pandemic and Nigeria’s Economic Crisis: Between Pain and Reform?
by Taiwo Owoeye and Azeez Olaniyan
The Covid-19 pandemic has arguably resulted in the most severe global economic crisis since the Great Depression of 1929, which changed the structure of the global economy. For Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country and one of its two largest economies, the pandemic has made a bad economic situation worse. Nigeria was already experiencing a severe economic crisis prior to the outbreak of the pandemic. Elements of the crisis included mounting public debt, a high unemployment rate, declining oil export earnings, and currency depreciation, among others. The pandemic has exacerbated the situation of a country already in dire economic straits.
