An Oasis of Stability in a Sea of Turbulence: Has Senegal anything but Stability to look Forward to?
Senegal, a country of 13.5 million people, is one of Africa’s most robust democracies.
Burundi risks suspension from Great Lakes Peace and Security Committee
Burundi has been warned by The Great Lakes Committee on Peace and Security that it risks suspension from the organisation over its...
Activists: Kiir-Machar Proposal Would Undo South Sudan Peace Deal
Civil society activists in South Sudan are angry over an opinion piece apparently penned by President Salva Kiir and First Vice President...
Can Fragile Peace Hold in South Sudan?
South Sudan, which became independent in 2011, has halted its civil war by putting the leaders of both sides together in a transitional...
Burundi: How to Deconstruct Peace
Burundi is back in the spotlight of the world’s media and the agenda of the United Nations Security Council. As recently as two years...
Burundi violence: US to place sanctions on officials
The United States is to put sanctions on four current and former officials in Burundi in connection with the continuing violence there....
Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe is the latest strongman to win China’s Confucius Peace Prize
Robert Mugabe, the Zimbabwean dictator, has been named the winnerof this year’s Confucius Prize, otherwise known as “China’s Nobel Peace...
Military officers trained on new peacekeeping skills
Military personnel drawn from East Africa have completed a six-week course on peacekeeping missions. The training, also known as the...
Mali armed groups sign peace deal
Former Tuareg rebels in northern Mali and rival pro-government armed groups said they sealed a peace deal on Thursday to end hostilities...
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,...
