Just a few weeks ago on May 2 and 3, events celebrating the 25th World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) were held in Accra, Ghana—attended by more than nine hundred participants from around…
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Interviews
Life as an APN Alumnus: An Interview with Dr. Duncan Omanga
by African Peacebuilding Network
The Social Science Research Council’s African Peacebuilding Network (APN) had the opportunity to sit down with APN Alumnus Dr. Duncan Omanga (Individual Research Grant 2014), a lecturer and head of the Department of Publishing and Media Studies at Moi University, Kenya. The interview was conducted on December 13, 2017, during the APN’s Training Workshop on […]
Conflict
Gang Violence in Gugulethu, South Africa: Notes from the field
by Godfrey Maringira and Diana Gibson
Gang violence continues unabated in South Africa, particularly in impoverished black and “coloured” communities. This essay focuses on black communities. We reveal how young men living in majority Xhosa-speaking black townships become part of a gang and how the gang relationship is forged and sustained over time. We pay attention to how the gang relationship […]
Mediation & Reconciliation
What is “the Local”? Exploring grassroots justice systems as a means of understanding the local
Democracy, Development and Governance
Internal Party Reforms or Power Consolidation by African Ruling Parties?
by Nicodemus Minde
There is a discernible behavioral shift in some of Africa’s ruling parties, particularly those that emerged out of national liberation movements. Two events signpost the unfolding political era. First, the “nine presidential lives” of Jacob Zuma recently came to an end with his resignation on February 14, and second, Hailemariam Desalegn’s sudden resignation in the […]
Democracy, Development and Governance
Celebrating Army Generals in Zimbabwean Politics?
by Godfrey Maringira
Considering that former President Robert Mugabe was a long-time ally of the Zimbabwean military, no one expected that he would be overthrown by the military. Mugabe had favored the military as one of the bulwarks against challenges to his regime, so why would they then turn against a man who had for more than four […]
Essays
Vitória é Certa! The Future Belongs to African Women
by Mojúbàolú Olúfúnké Okome
African women have much to celebrate. We have historic and recent examples of women’s leadership at the highest levels of the state and international organizations. Amina J. Mohammed of Nigeria is the current deputy secretary-general of the United Nations (UN). She succeeded Asha-Rose Migiro of Tanzania in that role. Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka of South Africa is the current executive director of UN […]
Essays
Eastern Nile Cooperation at a Crossroads: The Costs of Missing Another Opportunity
by Rawia Tawfik
“The Nile constitutes a common destiny; we either sink or swim together, and we chose to swim together.” Ethiopia’s Former Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn, Speech at Egypt’s Economic Conference, March 13, 2015. “I invite you to write a new chapter in the history of Egyptian-Ethiopian relationships… We have the opportunity today to set a new […]
