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published by Joshua W Busby, Journal of Peace Research
on December 28, 2020
Challenges to climate-related security include but are not limited to resource competition, shocks to food security, climate-induced migration, transboundary water management, and unintended consequences from climate policies. Mainstreaming a climate perspective into existing programming can help reduce the risks. However, to ensure success in fragile states, progress may sometimes depend on whether the domestic elite finds it is in their self-interest to embrace such policies.
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published by Bulelani Jili
on December 11, 2020
The spread of surveillance technology in Africa without adequate checks and balances is reshaping the governance landscape while potentially enabling another tool of repression.
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published by Joseph Siegle and Candace Cook
on September 14, 2020
A growing pattern of evading term limits in Africa carries far-reaching consequences for the continent’s governance, security, and development.
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published by the Africa Center for Strategic Studies
on September 8, 2020
John Magufuli and the ruling CCM’s increased reliance on authoritarian tactics mark a sharp drop in legitimacy from Tanzania’s once proud democratic norms.
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published by Paul Nantulya
on July 28, 2020
China’s party-army model, whereby the army is subordinate to a single ruling party, is antithetical to the multiparty democratic systems with an apolitical military accountable to elected leaders adopted by most African countries.
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published by the Africa Center for Strategic Studies
on April 15, 2020
Presidential task forces, staggered mobility, support for the most vulnerable, and local innovations mark Africa’s adaptive response to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
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published by Shannon Smith
on February 4, 2020
Given its fragile public health systems and close ties to China, Africa is vulnerable to the spread of the coronavirus, highlighting the continent’s centrality to global health security.
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published by Joseph Siegle and Candace Cook
on January 28, 2020
African elections in 2020 will be a test against efforts to erode presidential term limits and other democratic checks and balances, with direct consequences for stability on the continent.
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Associate Professor of Justice and Rule of Law. Areas of Expertise: Rule of Law, Democratization and Governance, Stabilization of Fragile States, Preventing Violent Extremism, Program Design, Monitoring and Evaluation, West and Central Africa.
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published by Paul Nantulya
on September 24, 2019
Although Nkurunziza has suppressed external reporting on Burundi, the country’s 4-year-old political and humanitarian crisis shows no signs of abating.
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published by Mark Duerksen
on May 29, 2019
Benin’s recent no-contest legislative elections are an attempt to consolidate executive power at the expense of democratic gains.
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published by Gregory Pirio, Robert Pittelli, and Yussuf Adam
on May 20, 2019
The violent extremist threat in northern Mozambique exploits underlying societal vulnerabilities of inequity, insecure land rights, and distrust of authorities.
