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Third time lucky: Will Mozambique’s peace deal last?

Africa Alex Vines - 6 Aug 2020

It’s been a year since Frelimo and Renamo signed the Maputo Accord. This time, the peace might just hold

Covid-19 restrictions give rise to political tensions in Sierra Leone

Africa Abdul S Brima - 18 May 2020

The country has experienced violent incidents of unrest in recent weeks

4.6 million people, one psychologist: The Central African Republic’s mental health crisis

Africa Will Baxter & Simon Allison - 6 Mar 2020

Meet the Central African Republic’s only practising clinical psychologist

Traumatised societies need honest, self-aware leaders

Article William Gumede Author - 25 Aug 2019

Politicians must desist from blaming the actions of the former oppressor for their own decisions

Cameroon’s civil war will continue

Africa R Maxwell Bone - 23 Aug 2019

The hardline stance by both the government and the Anglophone successionists hinders solutions

Suspicion and secrecy surround South Africa’s dealings with South Sudan

Africa Simon Allison - 21 Jun 2019

It is far from clear that the deal fits in with South Africa’s long-term energy strategy, or that there is an economic case for it

Khashoggi was collateral damage

Article Khadija Patel - 19 Oct 2018

Supporting Saudi Arabia’s lukewarm reforms sends a signal of consent to a murderous regime

Why Libya’s new elections might not put the country back on track

Africa bogdan TagDiv - 7 Jun 2018

Libya’s proposed elections and any subsequent interim government will fail if the country’s challenges aren’t addressed

War, famine and failed talks in Yemen

Article Staff Reporter - 5 Dec 2017

Ali Abdullah Saleh's death comes amid an intensified conflict between the Iran-aligned armed group and pro-Saleh forces in the ongoing war in Yemen

How African elephants’ amazing sense of smell could save lives

Article bogdan TagDiv - 23 Oct 2017

Scientists have found that herds of elephant were able to walk on ground infested by land-mines without injury because of their keen sense of smell.

Dos Santos: Angola’s secretive leader heads towards exit

Africa bogdan TagDiv - 21 Aug 2017

Wednesday's elections will bring to an end a 38-year reign dominated by an unrelenting authoritarian style.

Climate change brings failed states and violent conflict

Article Sipho Kings - 25 Apr 2017

Control of increasingly scarce water is being used by armed groups to challenge central governments, causing untold suffering to civilians.

The UN mission can’t keep the peace in Juba’s civil war runs along ethnic lines

Africa Zachary Donnenfeld - 23 Aug 2016

A force from the continent, such as the African Union, may possibly be able to protect South Sudan’s civilians.

Syrian refugees say ‘I do’ to Turks

Article bogdan TagDiv - 11 Sep 2014

Desperate women are seeking refuge from war in arranged marriages, despite reports of abuse.

Syria evacuates citizens from besieged Homs

Article Staff Reporter - 7 Feb 2014

Syria expects to remove 200 people from the city of Homs during a three-day ceasefire while humanitarian organisations provide aid to those remaining.

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