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If you want to understand how protest cycles evolve, look not at the crowds but at the empty streets. On June 25,…
Introduction: From Civil War to Regional Systemic Conflict Sudanās ongoing war is often described as an internal power struggle between rival military…
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak coordinated closely with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in pursuit of mineral, oil, and gas resources…
A New Lens on Sudanās Recovery Agriculture in fragile and conflict-affected states is often viewed as a technical sector ā a means…
Words matter in conflict, and few carry more consequences than āterroristā. Overused for decades, applied to insurgents, separatists, and state enemies alike,…
KINSHASA, DRC ā When people first began dying in the dusty hills of Mongbwalu, a gold-mining town in the Democratic Republic of…
South Africaās migration debate is overwhelmingly focused on what happens when migrants arrive. Politicians argue about deportations and documentation. Activists focus on…
On February 27, 2026, the Keiyo Indigenous Community filed a formal grievance with the United Nations Development Programmeās Social and Environmental Compliance…
During the 2018ā2020 Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), attacks on treatment centres, resistance to contact tracing, and widespread distrust…
As an African feminist pushing against how systems of oppression endeavor to constrain and diminish, I am concerned with the functions of…
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