Conflict and Peacebuilding

In 2014, Boko Haram gained international attention for its brutal attacks—including its abduction of hundreds of schoolgirls—in Northeast Nigeria. This attention, though,...

My latest book, Lords of Impunity: How the United Nations Failed the World and What Can Be Done to Transform It shows...

Do male leaders, who so often profess a commitment to gender equality (for example here and here), believe in it? A study by...

The plight of African democracy is worsening. Global trends toward democratic backsliding have not spared the continent with incumbent leaders violating constitutional...

Across the globe, wartime sexual violence against men is committed much more frequently than is commonly assumed. Yet, the dynamics surrounding these...

Eritrea has lived under United Nations economic sanctions for more than ten years without any notable impact on its politics or economy....

It has been more than a year since a war broke out between the federal government of Ethiopia and the regional government...

The 82 coups Africa experienced between 1960 and 2000 were devastating for the continent—contributing to the instability, corruption, human rights abuses, impunity,...

Ethiopia is balancing on the precipice – continued war or the beginning of peace talks? The withdrawal of the Tigrayan forces back...

During World War Two, thousands of European refugees escaped their war-ravaged continent to find safety in Africa. One of the largest groups...