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SADC turns a blind eye to trouble in the Comoros
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Creating greater inclusion for an African Space Agency
Sub-Saharan Africa makes strides against the death penalty despite regressive steps by a minority of countries
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What do the lessons from the Rwandan genocide mean to us now, 25 years later?
The African Union’s self-financing agenda: 3 ideational measures that should guide it
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Towards realising a regional African space programme
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Call for Abstracts: Women, Power and Policymaking
Call for Abstracts: Women, Power and Policymaking
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Global university rankings and the nuance they omit
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The paradox of Nigeria's oil dependency
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Tshisekedi's contested victory and the road ahead for the DRC
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From our library: 5 reads on HIV and Aids research in Africa
From our library: 5 reads on HIV and Aids research in Africa
16 Days of Activism: From rhetoric to gains for Africa’s women and girls
South Africa's vital role in the future of peacekeeping
HIV prevention pill 'set up to fail' in some African countries
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Sliding towards disaster: Migration in European-African relations
Africa's First Ladies: Unofficial influencers
What global warming of 1.5°C and higher means for Botswana and Namibia
Good mental healthcare should be part of peacebuilding
The Invisibles: Women on death row in Africa
How to improve livelihood opportunities and biodiversity conservation in Mozambique's Quirimbas National Park: A photo essay
New name but much of the same in eSwatini elections
Al-Shabaab five years after Westgate: Still a menace in East Africa
Is there an end in sight to Togo's political crisis?
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eSwatini tests the limits of its absolute monarchy
African philanthropy at the policy table
Post elections: Unpacking the fate of Zimbabwe's independent candidates
SADC Summit: Reviving regional momentum tops the agenda
Labour wary of Mnangagwa's 'Zimbabwe is open for business' mantra
Unaccompanied and afraid in Egypt
Can China free Africa from dependency on the mighty dollar?
Lessons from Egypt and Algeria's counterinsurgency campaigns in the 1990s
Lessons from Egypt and Algeria's counterinsurgency campaigns in the 1990s
Censorship in disguise: Social media taxes 'violate net neutrality'
Living at the edge of the world: Stories of Sahrawi refugees
Rethinking women's political participation in Zimbabwe's elections
Zimbabwe elections: International observers play vital gatekeeping role
To vote or not to vote: Views from Zimbabweans on their country's critical moment
BRICS Gender Forum: Putting women at the centre of development
Young Zimbabwean women lead the way with new methods of electioneering
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Role of refugees in South Sudan’s peace process
5 takeaways from the 31st AU summit
Anticipation builds around Zimbabwe’s elections
What does Australia want in Africa?
South Africa on the UN Security Council: Priorities and challenges
DR Congo: The Bemba Earthquake
Elections in Africa: Trends and lessons
China-South Africa ties at 20 years: 3 key features
Maritime security: Implementing the AU's AIM strategy
Building research infrastructures is key to developing South Sudan’s fisheries sector
The implications of recent changes to Nigeria's tobacco tax policy
The implications of recent changes to Nigeria's tobacco tax policy
Strengthening tobacco control in West Africa: How CRES is leading the charge
Kwame Nkrumah, the AfCFTA and the 'Africa We Want'
In search of Zambia’s 'hidden' public debt
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The Royal Tour: Selling Rwanda as a success story
The nexus between 'youth bulge' and armed conflict
South Africa, Nigeria and the AfCFTA: 6 key questions answered
What can we learn from rising rice production in Senegal?
Africa's scientific infrastructure gap
Cautionary lessons for Ethiopia from Egypt's short-lived revolution
Empowering Africa's judiciaries: Q&A with South Africa's Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng
Preventing Boko Haram abductions of schoolchildren in Nigeria
What China’s President Xi’s extended tenure means for Africa
Sisi’s New Egypt?
The quest for happiness as an underlying motive for violent conflict in Africa
Will the ‘Ramaphosa dawn’ ripple across SADC?
The nexus between oil and conflict in South Sudan
The case for empowering young and emerging researchers
The Scramble for Space
After Kenya’s leaders reconcile, a tough path ahead
Re-engaging Africa should be a foreign policy priority for Cyril Ramaphosa
Women-friendly trade: What can governments do better?
5 papers to read on APRM Day
5 papers to read on APRM Day
International Women's Day: Why gender equality matters in policymaking
Why the Gambia's progress should spur abolition of the death penalty in Africa
Building peace through partnerships: A first-hand experience of South Sudan
The tortured path of global migration reforms
With the US poised to cut disease surveillance in Africa, could the continent’s own disease-tracking centre fill the gap?
SA’s foreign policy: Towards greater strategic partnerships in a post-Zuma era
African think tanks make their mark
An inside view of African diplomacy in the UN Security Council
The APRM at 15: Has African governance come of age?
The APRM at 15: Has African governance come of age?
Forget bugging - The African Union needs to be in China
Making the case for African investment in space programmes
As the AU spotlights corruption, leaders must now walk the talk in combating it
Can technology help leapfrog education in Africa?
The African Democracy Charter at 11: Hard work required to avert democratic deconsolidation
Libya's migrant crisis and the EU's myopia
Africa’s year of Trump: Troubling questions for the continent
Why Donald Trump's leadership traits resonate negatively in Africa
SADC not bridging the digital divide
Africa: 10 things to watch closely in 2018
Our 10 most popular research papers of 2017
Our 10 most popular research papers of 2017
No magic bullet: Cryptocurrencies and complexities in Africa
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What 2017 taught us about African politics
Why the focus on China’s role in Mugabe’s fall missed the bigger picture
South Africa's research system is faltering due to financial woes
Africa with open borders: A possibility or a pipe dream?
Book extract: Fate of the Nation – 3 Scenarios for South Africa’s Future
Book extract: Fate of the Nation – 3 Scenarios for South Africa’s Future
Why reforming Zimbabwe’s security sector and mining industry should be high on Mnangagwa’s to-do list
South Africa's waning soft power: A Nigerian perspective
Time to reset AU-EU relations
Robert Mugabe resigns: Reactions from around the world
Locking horns to save the rhino
Peacekeepers and sexual abuse: A persistent stain on the United Nations’ image
Standoff in Zimbabwe as struggle to succeed Mugabe deepens
Do peacekeepers bring peace?
A vocabulary for a sustainable world
IN-DEPTH: Climate change progress, the US withdrawal and what to expect from COP23
Gender gap shrinks in agricultural research in Africa South of the Sahara
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China's national rejuvenation and Africa's role in it
Dismantling the United Nations system
When the press fails the people: A critique of Kenya's media
Somalia’s Resurgence: Mogadishu attack masks rising tide of Somali unity
Africa can feed itself. Here's how.
How Zimbabwe's diamonds lost their sparkle
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How Egypt is tackling Hepatitis C
Nigeria: Northern discontent and the history of Boko Haram
Towards a gender-just internet: Combating online violence against women
After AGOA: It's time for an improved US-Africa trade relationship
Ubuntu, foreign policy and radical uncertainty in South Africa and the world
Nigeria is out of recession but not out of the woods yet
Cameroon's Anglophone crisis demands urgent attention
Morocco's accession to ECOWAS 'will do more harm than good'
Can South Africa de-escalate the Korean Peninsula crisis?
Togo: Unlocking the gate to political succession
Key issues likely to dominate the 2017 BRICS Summit
A brief guide to the Continental Free Trade Agreement
International criminal justice in Africa: Reports of its death are greatly exaggerated
Journalists under duress: Internet shutdowns in Africa are stifling press freedom
'The people have done their part': An election observer’s account from Kenya
Getting youth policy right in Africa
Kenya votes: Kenyatta vs Odinga, Round Two
The role of African think tanks in a post-truth world
Europe's migration crisis and the fallout for Africa
Saving Tanzania's coral reefs: A photo essay
Welcome to the revamped Africa Portal
Welcome to the revamped Africa Portal
Zimbabwe: Of protests, prayer and legacy
Trump’s proposed science funding cuts spell bad news for African research
Best of the Africa Portal: Our 10 most popular research papers
Best of the Africa Portal: Our 10 most popular research papers
Ethiopia’s distinct path to development, with help from China
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The UN and the AU: An agenda of renewal
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