Why peacekeeping fails
In DiA’s mid-week article, Dennis Jett reflects on failures of peacekeeping missions in Africa and why a focus on improved governance can be far...
What Liberian President George Weah must do
Robtel Neajai Pailey and Silas Kpanan'Ayoung Siakor advise President George Weah to forget about political niceties, institute reforms, and focus on a handful of...
The Political Impact of Social Media: A Case Study on Uganda’s...
During the 2021 General Elections in Uganda, we monitored social media accounts belonging to nominated women candidates and highly vocal women to...
The Tigray War and the use and misuse of pan-Africanism
It has been more than a year since a war broke out between the federal government of Ethiopia and the regional government...
Democratic Republic of Congo’s negotiated democracy
With elections nowhere in sight and with President Kabila clinging onto power despite his mandate having expired in December 2016, Ilunga Mpyana analyses the...
DIA Book Club: Hawks and Doves in Sudan’s Armed Conflict
The DIA Book Club presents insights from Suad Musa’s new book, Hawks and Doves in Sudan’s Armed Conflict (James Currey, 2018). In this blog, she...
Imagining a different form of external support in Libya
Dr Mediel Hove argues that there is a role for external actors in Libya but it should be driven by the African Union and...
What Future Awaits Refugees in Kenya?
On March 23, the Kenyan government gave the UN’s refugee agency a two-week-long ultimatum to prepare a plan to close two refugee...
Peacekeeping: Improving Performance – Dilemmas and Goals
The recent adoption of UN Security Council Resolution 2436 on UN peacekeeping is the latest development in an ongoing debate on how to improve...
Post-war election may trigger new conflict in Ethiopia
Implementing peace agreements is fraught with political and security challenges. To consolidate post-conflict political transitions, elections are seen as a panacea to...
What next for UK-Africa relations after Brexit?