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  • The Rise of African Philanthropy and International Development

    The Rise of African Philanthropy and International Development

    • December 16, 2020

    There is a significant change taking place across the global south, as international development agencies are taking a less prominent role in promoting development and democracy.


    Over the past five years, various crises have undermined cooperation and cohesion in the …

    By Farai Chipato
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  • Democracy and Double Standards

    Democracy and Double Standards

    • October 12, 2020


    Compare these two announcements: 

    • The African Union is an institution that is built on the fundamentals of liberal democratic values and good governance.  The AU is, therefore, disturbed by the statements by the incumbent President of the United States,
    …
    By Rita Abrahamsen
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  • Supporting African-Led Responses to COVID-19

    Supporting African-Led Responses to COVID-19

    • May 6, 2020

    The virus that causes COVID-19 has now reached Africa, a few weeks after it hit Europe and North America. Many analysts fear that the virus’s impact on the continent is nothing less than a “time bomb”, due to …

    By Stéphanie Bacher and Kirsten Van Houten
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  • CAR’s Peace Accords and Rebel Warlords

    CAR’s Peace Accords and Rebel Warlords

    • May 17, 2019

    By Gino Vlavonou

    After ten years in power, in 2013, Séléka rebels ousted the Central African Republic’s (CAR) President François Bozizé, after which Anti-Balaka militia groups rose up in response. The country has since been searching for peace, and seven …

    By CIPS
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  • “If you want to kill me, please kill me quick”

    “If you want to kill me, please kill me quick”

    • April 12, 2019

    The images, and voices, from Libya’s migrant detention centres are sickening. An online blog posted a letter written by an anonymous refugee from Darfur, detained in Libya. “RS” writes of having left his village, destroyed by the Janjaweed, to find …

    By Patti Tamara Lenard
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  • The Geopolitics of America’s New Africa Strategy

    The Geopolitics of America’s New Africa Strategy

    • December 19, 2018

    The Trump administration has not had much to say about Africa, and what little it has said has been mostly nonsense or offensive, or both.  First there was the President’s infamous “sx!#hole” comment, then his faint praise for the non-existent …

    By Rita Abrahamsen
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  • Bulldozing Human Rights in Tanzania

    Bulldozing Human Rights in Tanzania

    • November 16, 2018

    by Dane Degenstein

    Tanzania has recently started a campaign to identify, track down, and arrest gay people, an unprecedented move in a previously more tolerant country. The regional governor of Dar es Salaam, Paul Makonda, announced a task force to …

    By CIPS
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  • “Lest We Forget”: Remembering Africa’s (Forgotten) Contributions to WWI

    “Lest We Forget”: Remembering Africa’s (Forgotten) Contributions to WWI

    • November 12, 2018

    The world has marked the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day, the peace treaty that ended the bloodshed of World War I. In Paris, world leaders gathered to commemorate the day the guns fell silent. At Vimy Ridge and Mons, …

    By Rita Abrahamsen
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  • Understanding “Ethnic Conflict”

    Understanding “Ethnic Conflict”

    • October 7, 2018

    By Marie-Eve Desrosiers and Srdjan Vucetic

    “Ethnic conflict” elicits no shortage of strong scholarly opinion and debate. But what exactly is the causal relationship between ethnicity and violence? And what does “causal” mean in this context anyway? Since ethnic conflict …

    By Srdjan Vucetic
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  • Budget 2018: A Bit of Good News for Development

    Budget 2018: A Bit of Good News for Development

    • March 1, 2018

    by Stephen Brown and Hunter McGill

    If you watched Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s budget speech in the House of Commons yesterday, you had to be paying close attention to catch the one sentence that refers to foreign aid: “We will …

    By Stephen Brown
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  • The Central African Republic: Forgotten by the World?

    The Central African Republic: Forgotten by the World?

    • December 18, 2017

    By Gino Vlavonou

    International news headlines move quickly from one disaster to another. A political crisis in one country is forgotten as turmoil unfolds in the next: Mugabe’s fall from power; a mass shooting in the US; sub-Saharan African …

    By CIPS
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  • Zimbabwe: A Faustian Bargain with a Crocodile?

    Zimbabwe: A Faustian Bargain with a Crocodile?

    • November 28, 2017

    After 37 years of rule, Robert Mugabe, the world’s oldest leader and one of Africa’s longest serving presidents, has finally lost power. In an unprecedented, unpredictable, and at times unbelievable series of events, the one-time liberation hero was deposed by …

    By Rita Abrahamsen
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Latest Posts

  • The Rise of African Philanthropy and International Development
    The Rise of African Philanthropy and International Development
    • Analysis
    • December 16, 2020
  • Democracy and Double Standards
    Democracy and Double Standards
    • Analysis
    • October 12, 2020
  • Supporting African-Led Responses to COVID-19
    Supporting African-Led Responses to COVID-19
    • Analysis, Repost
    • May 6, 2020
  • CAR’s Peace Accords and Rebel Warlords
    CAR’s Peace Accords and Rebel Warlords
    • Analysis
    • May 17, 2019
  • “If you want to kill me, please kill me quick”
    “If you want to kill me, please kill me quick”
    • Analysis
    • April 12, 2019
  • The Geopolitics of America’s New Africa Strategy
    The Geopolitics of America’s New Africa Strategy
    • Analysis
    • December 19, 2018

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