Since the collapse of Somalia’s central government in 1991, the country has been experiencing conflict. This collapse was followed up by uprisings against the military dictatorship, ultimately leading to a full-scale civil war. These conditions created widespread human rights abuses,…
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In September of 2023, a memorandum of understanding was signed in Brussels between a colorful cast of state actors - the United States, European Commission, Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Zambia, Republic of Angola and The Africa Finance Corporation…
Sudan’s last government-held city in Darfur, El Fasher, has been under a tightening siege for months. Reports from a U.N.-mandated mission say the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) committed crimes against humanity during the siege, which should bring worldwide urgency to…
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has long been a battleground for competing rebel factions, with women bearing the brunt of the violence. The recent attack on Munzenze prison in Goma on February 5, 2025, stands as a grim…
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Gabon is in the midst of significant changes, the likes of which the country has not seen in decades. Now, the Central African country is working to reorganize itself into the democracy its people have wanted for decades. After an…
Over 40 years after gaining independence, Zimbabwe is still struggling to resolve the longstanding issue of land ownership. Land seizures in the early 2000s intended to rectify the overwhelming white ownership of commercial agricultural land were at times violent and played a factor in the resulting economic instability of the country.
Stopping the exportation of conflict minerals did not deter rebel groups; instead, it diminished the legitimate business practices of artisanal miners in the DRC.
Health, labor and environmental concerns must be addressed.
The NPF promised safety and delivered violence. What does #EndSARS tells us about the future of policing in Nigeria?
The world is looking to Ethiopia to end the civil war in light of new sanctions and humanitarian concerns.
