Africa
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Curbing Feuds over Water in Cameroon’s Far North
The authorities have striven to contain the fighting, but to be sure of preventing a recurrence, they need to address…
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South Africans tasted the fruits of freedom and then corruption snatched them away – podcast
Thabo Mbeki, his deputy, took over the mantle of the post-apartheid transition. Gemma Ware Thabo Leshilo The Conversation Mbeki would…
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Climate change: Deadly African heatwave ‘impossible’ without warming
Temperatures soared above 48C in Mali last month with one hospital linking hundreds of deaths to the extreme heat. Matt…
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The North Korea Hypersonic Missile Threat Is Real
This follows an earlier test of a liquid-fuel hypersonic missile in 2021 Bruce E. Bechtol The National Interest Summary: In…
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An African History of Africa by Zeinab Badawi review – an insider’s take
The journalist and broadcaster offers a refreshing corrective to narratives imposed on the continent by others Simukai Chigudu The Guardian…
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Sudan: A Year of War
With millions facing famine, diplomats should push the two main belligerents much harder to accept a ceasefire – before the…
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‘This Will Finish Us’
This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. By Stephanie McCrummen Photographs…
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Senegal: Human Rights Agenda for President Faye
Prioritize Fundamental Rights and Freedoms (Nairobi) – Senegal’s newly elected president, Bassirou Diomaye Faye, should make protecting and promoting human…
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Chad’s Young New Ruler Tightens His Grip
This week on The Horn, Alan is joined by Crisis Group’s Central Africa Director Enrica Picco to discuss Mahamat Déby’s rule…
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Rwanda: Genocide Archives Released
30 Years On, Accelerate Justice Efforts (Nairobi) – Human Rights Watch announced today that it is releasing a series of archives highlighting the extraordinary…
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The legal obligation to prevent genocide in Gaza
Despite the International Court of Justice’s order that ruled “plausible” genocide in Gaza, some governments continue to support Israel with…
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Lost at sea: New constraints hinder Mediterranean rescuers
In March, DW accompanied a migrant rescue mission and found out what makes the crossings so dangerous. Clare Roth Deutsche…
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What Turmoil in ECOWAS Means for Nigeria and Regional Stability
In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Nnamdi Obasi assesses the import of these events for West Africa’s security architecture and…
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Food aid used as weapon of war in Sudan – UK MPs
Vicky Ford, the chair of parliament’s all-party group on Sudan, said there was evidence both warring sides – the Sudanese…
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JAS vs. ISWAP: The War of the Boko Haram Splinters
But they are still a menace to civilians, both in Nigeria and in the other Lake Chad states. ICG The…
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Why we can’t overlook people in addressing climate change
As an old king from the floodplains of the Kwando River in Angola used to say, “A landscape without people…
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