At the conclusion of the African Union (AU) Summit it is worth taking stock of the challenges that remain.
Tag: governance
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Ivory Coast is three months out from the final departure of its UN peacekeeping mission (UNOCI), but recent mutinies and unrest among former rebels within the military raise concerns about long-term stability. One of the central problems in Côte d’Ivoire’s war-to-peace transition has been the role of the former rebel commanders of the Forces Armées de Forces Nouvelles (FAFN). Many of these commanders developed deep ties in the communities that they governed during the armed conflict between 2002 and 2011, and the persistence of these wartime networks in Côte d’Ivoire continues to hamstring peacebuilding efforts and security sector reform (SSR).
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October 1 witnessed scenes of brutality on the streets of Barcelona as Spanish police tried to stop people from voting in a referendum on Catalan independence called by the Catalan autonomous government, graphically demonstrating the inability of Spain’s political actors to find a political solution to Catalan demands for either great autonomy or independence.
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Just as globalized transportation allows criminal groups to bring their illegal goods and services to foreign markets, it also allows them to bring foreign markets to them.
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Niger will hold general elections on February 21st, the outcome of which will have repercussions for the interplay of security and democracy across the Sahel region.
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This week’s draft decision attempts to renegotiate the UK’s relationship with its European partners and will be considered by Council members at a summit from February 18-19th.
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After nearly eight years of relative tranquility in the Taiwan Strait, voters on January 16th elected the country’s first female president, giving the pro-Taiwan DPP control of parliament for the first time ever.
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“On June 7, is there going to be a new Turkey?” asked Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu days before the election at one of the largest rallies of supporters for the ruling AKP party. The people answered with a deafening, “Yes!” and they were right— the results of the general election uncovered a new Turkey. However, […]
