What are the causes of the ongoing conflict in Ethiopia? 🔊
War has broken out in Northern Ethiopia in the Tigray region, and fighting continues despite a tentative ceasefire. What is the cause of this war? What are the implications for the nation and the region? Doug Becker speaks with Ann Fitz-Gerald, Aly Verjee, and...
What are the causes of the civil war in Cameroon? 🔊
Cameroon is a West African nation embroiled in a civil war between its Anglophone and Francophone populations. What led to this civil war? How can it be resolved? Doug Becker explores the causes of the war and the prospects for resolution with Patricia Asongwe and...
Can peace come to the Western Sahara? 🔊
In November last year, a near three-decade-old ceasefire in the disputed region of Western Sahara was broken, and war resumed. This territory has been a tinderbox of conflict since Spain decolonised in 1975. What are the roots of this conflict? Why has conflict...
What lies behind the war in Tigray?
By Asafa Jalata At the core of the current war between the Ethiopian central government and the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front is the realignment of politics and the contest for political hegemony. In my view, it is about Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed allying with the...
Why are major tech companies being sued for their role in the cobalt trade?
By Ben Goldson Some of the world’s most powerful companies are being sued on behalf of child labourers either maimed or killed while mining for cobalt, bringing attention to the methods by which the valuable mineral is extracted for global consumption. In a historic...
Do Chinese aid projects in Africa make corruption worse?
By Jetson Leder-Luis Development aid is a potentially powerful tool for promoting economic growth among the world’s poor. However, development aid is plagued by corruption, as Jetson Leder-Luis explains. Development aid is a potentially powerful tool for promoting...
After Mugabe, who will hold power in Zimbabwe?
By David B. Moore David B. Moore previews the Zimbabwe general election as the African nation looks forward to life without Robert Mugabe. Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa and the ruling Zanu-PF hope a credible victory in the July 30 election will legitimise...
100,000 bombs later, why is the Islamic State still active?
By Paul Rogers Islamic State has survived 100,000 bombs and missiles and is still active, but why? Paul Rogers investigates. Shortly after the fall of the Syrian city of Raqqa in October 2017 – the centre of the Islamic State (IS) caliphate – US President Donald Trump...
Peace between Eritrea and Ethiopia, explained
By Martin Plaut After twenty years of conflict, Eritrea and Ethiopia have finally made peace. Martin Plaut explains how it happened and what this means now for the two countries. This week Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed visited neighbouring Eritrea, to be...Subscribe by Email
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