Can Ethiopia ever be at peace? Four reasons conflict keeps flaring upAlemayehu Fentaw Weldemariam, Indiana University
Thabo Mbeki’s legacy in South Africa: stronger government but a blurred line between state and partyAnthony Michael Butler, University of Cape Town
Navi Pillay’s Nobel peace prize is a vote of confidence in a global legal order under fireFrans Viljoen, University of Pretoria
Sudan’s death toll in 2025 could be as high as 100,000: how we did the countPaola Vesco, Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO); Amber Deniz, Uppsala University; David Randahl, Swedish Defence University; Johan Brosché, Uppsala University, and Magnus Öberg, Uppsala University
Protest later or push for better planning now? 7 actions South African voters can take before local electionsHope Magidimisha-Chipungu, University of KwaZulu-Natal
Military coups promise change – 4 ways they can leave African countries worse offJohn Mukum Mbaku, Weber State University
South Africa’s public service: new laws aim to put competent people in charge and hold them to accountBusani Ngcaweni, University of Johannesburg
Ecowas Court and women’s rights in west Africa: what’s working – and what isn’tMaame Efua Addadzi-Koom, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST)
Nigeria’s school kidnapping threat is changing: 4 lessons from the 56-day Oyo attackSaheed Babajide Owonikoko, Modibbo Adama University of Technology
Ethiopia’s peace deal is unravelling – what went wrong with the Tigray agreementAlemayehu Fentaw Weldemariam, Indiana University
Johannesburg and Medellín: what South Africa can learn from Colombia about fixing a broken cityIvor Chipkin, University of Pretoria
Online attacks on Kenyan journalists: what makes audiences join in, push back or stay silentKevin Mudavadi, Georgia State University; Bingbing Zhang, University of Iowa; Gregory Gondwe, University of Alabama; California State University, San Bernardino; Harvard University, and Shitemi Khamadi, Indiana University
Maps can be misleading – on purpose – and their story becomes history. The case of EthiopiaDaniel Waktola, Austin Community College
South Africans and migrants: study tracks the barriers to being good neighboursMathias Alubafi Fubah, Human Sciences Research Council
Morocco’s deadly wall across Western Sahara: why the 2,700km Berm was built and the damage it doesJoana Castro Pereira, Universidade do Porto and Simón Pardo de Donlebún Versaci, Universidade do Porto
Africa’s Red Sea states face growing risks as Houthi rebels expand their reachBurak Şakir Şeker, Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University
Ethiopia’s armed opposition unites against Abiy Ahmed: 5 reads on the country’s political strugglesJulius Maina, The Conversation and Kagure Gacheche, The Conversation
A decade on, Somalia’s federal pact benefits elites and al-Shabaab – but it fails the peopleNisar Majid, London School of Economics and Political Science
Have South Africans always been hostile to migrants? Historians map a chequered historyZoe Groves, University of Leicester; Anusa Daimon; Henry Dee, and Julie Weise, University of Oregon
African Union peacekeeping is growing as UN missions decline: research finds a mixed record of successRichard Fosu, Monash University; Ayotunde Giwa, Northern Arizona University, and Christopher Amrobo Enemuwe, Idaho State University
Ethiopia and Eritrea are on edge again: what’s behind the growing risk of warYohannes Gedamu, Georgia Gwinnett College
DRC’s cobalt exports contain unreported uranium – our study estimates the global nuclear riskRyan A. Manzuk, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ethiopia-Eritrea tensions over Red Sea port have turned the Tigray peace deal into a political weaponHafte Gebreselassie Gebrihet, University of Oslo; University of Cape Town
Refinery rivalry: billion-dollar oil projects expose east Africa’s long-running regional tensionsBrendon J. Cannon, Khalifa University
Ethiopia is sliding back toward war – a look at what is driving the fighting and why it mattersAlemayehu Fentaw Weldemariam, Indiana University
Joseph Kabila is on trial for treason in the DRC. What the case against the former president is all aboutJonathan Beloff, King's College London
Sudan’s military is accused of using chlorine bombs: here’s how they work and what the law saysAnneleen van der Meer, Leiden University
Niger’s failed coup is a warning to the Sahel’s military rulers: those with power must keep their promisesSalah Ben Hammou, Rice University
Yemen’s Houthis move to control crucial waterway – our research maps the countries most at riskJohannes Lumma, University of Oxford and Jasper Verschuur, Delft University of Technology
The challenges African election bodies face go beyond ‘democratic backsliding’ – analysisSonali Campion, University of East Anglia
AI can make African elections more efficient – but trust must be built and proper rules put in placeShamira Ahmed, European University Institute and Mehari Taddele Maru, European University Institute
Running for parliament in Malawi costs a fortune: economic crisis undermines democracyMichael Wahman, The University of Texas at Austin and Nicholas Kerr, University of Florida
Young Nigerian women want to go into politics – party rules and older men keep them outOmomayowa Olawale Abati, University of Essex
Venâncio Mondlane is Mozambique’s political challenger: what he stands forLuca Bussotti, Universidade Técnica de Moçambique (UDM)
Young South Africans move for work and opportunity. What happens to their health when they do?Carren Ginsburg, University of the Witwatersrand; Chantel Pheiffer, UMass Boston; Mark A. Collinson, University of the Witwatersrand, and Michael White, Brown University
Europe relies on Morocco to keep migrants out – Ceuta shows the political costMoha Ennaji, Université Sidi Mohammed Ben Abdellah
Millions of Africans are displaced without crossing a border – and their needs are often overlookedDavid James Cantor, School of Advanced Study, University of London
We asked Senegalese migrants why they leave home. Here’s what they told usPau Baizán, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
The South African apartheid movement’s close relationship with the American right – then and nowDaniel Conway, University of Westminster
Can Ethiopia ever be at peace? Four reasons conflict keeps flaring upAlemayehu Fentaw Weldemariam, Indiana University
