Africa: An Early Warning Ahead of High-Risk Elections
Recent events in Burkina Faso, following the 16 September coup d'état, are a grim reminder of what can happen when the run-up to...
CONFLICT TRENDS (NO. 42) REAL-TIME ANALYSIS OF AFRICAN POLITICAL VIOLENCE, OCTOBER 2015
Welcome to the October issue of the Armed Con- flict Location & Event Data Project’s (ACLED) Con- flict Trends report. Each month, ACLED...
Why trying to help poor countries might hurt them
It sounds kind of crazy to say that foreign aid often hurts, rather than helps, poor people in poor countries. Yet that is what Angus...
Illegal guns fuel violent crime, wreak deadly havoc in South Africa
Gun-related murders are the leading cause of violent death, placing the country second in the world after the US. South Africa’s...
5 female suicide bombers strike in Nigeria
Five girls have reportedly detonated themselves in the northeastern city of Maiduguri today, killing at least nine people and wounding...
What Works: Peacebuilding Strategies that Really Work
December 2015 Over the last two decades, majority African countries have been dealing with the effects of serious armed conflicts,...
Tackling the Peace Operations Dilemma: Q&A with José Ramos-Horta
The United Nations must strengthen relationships with regional organizations such as the African Union in peace operations and seek to...
Social media and the Peace-Conflict Tension: Prospects and Challenges
December 2016 The environment of peace and conflict is daily being altered by the rapid, spontaneous coverage of African peace and...
Resources, Conflict, and Opportunities for Stable Peace: Africa 2015-2025
August 2016 In the African armed conflict literature, resources, particularly resource contestation is blamed for most armed conflicts in...
Political Opportunity and the Conflict Landscape in Africa: Do we need new Paradigms?
April 2016 Violent political contestation is associated with the majority of armed conflicts in Africa. Many scholars believe that...
