Peace And Security

Sudan: a Chance for the AU to Refine Support for Countries in Crisis

The Peace and Security Council of the African Union (AU) has suspended Sudan from all the organisation’s activities “until the effective establishment of a civilian-led Transitional Authority”.It also threatened to impose punitive measur...

Joburg Post·almost 5 years ago

Abiy put Ethiopia on the road to democracy: but major obstacles still stand in the way

It’s two years since a surprise leadership change took place in Ethiopia. Introducing himself with a historic speech to the nation, the new Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed preached democracy as the only future for the country of more than 11...

Yohannes Gedamu ·over 3 years ago

Sharpeville: new research on 1960 South African massacre shows the number of dead and injured was massively undercounted

Our new research retells the story of Sharpeville, about 70km south of Johannesburg, from the viewpoint of the victims themselves. As experienced historians who have undertaken archival research in South Africa since the 1970s we based o...

Nancy L Clark - Dean and Professor Emeritus, Louisiana State University. William H. Worger - Professor Emeritus of History, University of California, Los Angeles.·5 months ago

South Africa’s security forces once brutally entrenched apartheid. It’s been a rocky road to reform

The African National Congress (ANC), which was voted into power, had a laudable vision in the 1990s for reforming the police, military and intelligence services. Determined that South Africans would never again be subject to the brutalit...

Professor Sandy Africa·7 days ago

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