The latest PSC elections sparked some criticism, particularly over Burundi’s re-election while the summit simultaneously debated whether to deploy AU peacekeepers there.
Author: Paul D. Williams
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Former South Sudan Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Betty Ogwaro, discusses the role women can play in working toward peace in South Sudan.
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A list of key upcoming meetings and events with implications for global affairs.
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The instruments that the EU does maintain, and those new ones that member states are willing to explore, are mostly concerned with limiting and containing.
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Despite the emerging ISIS threat and ongoing economic collapse, most of Libya’s rival factions remain focused on maximizing short-term profits and subjugating one another.
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Six months since the African Union proclaimed the establishment of the hybrid court of South Sudan to try war crimes and acts of extreme violence, the institution appears to be in limbo.
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Congo notwithstanding, “Super Sunday” reaffirmed that term limits in Africa are not a dying breed.
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The response to the Brussels attacks in the wider international community, although sympathetic to the plight of its citizens, has been somewhat cynical.
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Indications of a full cessation of military operations by external and internal warring parties do not reflect current realities on the ground.
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Issoufou’s immediate concerns center on security, both in terms of restoring full control over the southeastern Diffa Region, which has been badly affected by Boko Haram, and by preventing attacks elsewhere, especially in the capital.
