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Stephen Buchanan-Clarke

Stephen Buchanan-Clarke is a political and security analyst with a focus on transnational security threats in Africa. He serves as head of Good Governance Africa’s human security and climate change programme.

SOUTHERN AFRICA

South Africa’s SADC’s moment

As South Africa prepares to host the 46th SADC Summit in Durban, the article reflects on the state of democracy in the region and SADC's challenges in upholding its commitments.…

  • Stephen Buchanan-Clarke
7 min read
Africa is sitting on the raw materials to power the world’s green revolution — cobalt, lithium, graphite, rare earths.
BENEFICIATION

Lithium rush a crossroads for Zim’s future

Zimbabwe’s government can use the critical minerals surge to empower communities and foster inclusive development

  • Sikhululekile Mashingaidze
  • Stephen Buchanan-Clarke
7 min read
On guard: A South African soldier in the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (John Wessels/AFP)
BUKAVU

The fall of Bukavu: Rwanda, M23 and the fight for influence in eastern DRC

The March 23 Movement is filling administrative positions in Goma and Rwanda may do the same in Kivu

  • Stephen Buchanan-Clarke
7 min read
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CABO

Peace needs more boots on the ground

Regional peace in Southern Africa requires a political and military solution working in tandem

  • Stephen Buchanan-Clarke
8 min read
MG ENVIRONMENT

Balancing Africa’s energy security needs amid the climate crisis

Improving energy security and economic growth poses difficult climate questions

  • Sikhululekile Mashingaidze
  • Stephen Buchanan-Clarke
6 min read
An obscure mining company has applied for a licence to prospect for oil and natural gas in one of Zimbabwe’s premier wildlife conservation areas, the Mana Pools National Park. (Godong/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
EMMERSON MNANGAGWA

Oil and gas exploration in Zimbabwe threatens Unesco World Heritage Site

Mining in the Mana Pools National Park threatens the forests and floodplains that are home to exceptional wildlife, as well as income from tourism

  • Stephen Buchanan-Clarke
  • Sikhululekile Mashingaidze
6 min read
African states need strong audit institutions to stem fraud, money laundering
AFRICA

African states need strong audit institutions to stem fraud, money laundering

Auditors general and anti-corruption agencies from 14 countries met to establish ways to stop corruption and illicit financial flows

  • Chrissy Dube
  • Stephen Buchanan-Clarke
4 min read
If South Africa is to see the expansion of the gross value added to agriculture, an increase in black farmers’ share in commercial farming, and a boost in agricultural jobs, transferring state land to appropriately selected beneficiaries, with title deeds, should be the starting point. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy
FOOD INSECURITY

The state must ensure SA’s food security

Most household lack access to adequate food to meet dietary needs for a healthy, active lifestyle

  • Ross Harvey
  • Stephen Buchanan-Clarke
  • Leleti Maluleke
7 min read
Significant opportunity: Kenya’s Uhuru Kenyatta (left) and the DRC’s Felix Tshisekedi (right) with Rwanda’s Paul Kagame (centre) at the ceremony admitting the DRC to the East African Community. Photo: Tony Karumbu/AFP
BURUNDI

OPINION | Pros and cons of DRC joining the East Africa bloc

The Democratic Republic of the Congo will bring economic opportunities for the East African Community and the DRC – but it will also bring a number of major security problems

  • Stephen Buchanan-Clarke
7 min read
Isis militants.
STEPHEN BUCHANAN CLARKE

Myopic global war on terror is not winning hearts and minds

The 2014 Global Terrorism Index highlights the urgent need for new African-led approaches – but rash action could have dire consequences.

  • Stephen Buchanan-Clarke
6 min read