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TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE and TERRORISM in Africa and the Middle East

Perpetrator, victim or both at the same time? This question is a core difficulty faced by societies in Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East when dealing with people affected by terrorism. In order to tackle terrorism, including its manifestations and root causes, and heal from it, States may choose to Read more…

By Tony, 3 weeks11 May 2025 ago
Essays Politics

[French] L’Afrique a-t-elle vraiment besoin d’institutions fortes ?

Comment améliorer la gouvernance en Afrique? Par le haut, en renforçant les institutions étatiques déjà (trop) fortes? La voie populaire, par le bas, est-elle alors à privilégier?

By Tony, 11 months30 June 2024 ago
History and Case studies

NIGERIA and Boko-Haram

How did Boko Haram get control of Lake Chad? How does Boko Haram differ from the Islamic State? What is the connection between terrorism and criminality? What hinders Nigerian counter-terrorist efforts?

By Tony, 1 year24 December 2023 ago
‘Moral evil, economic good’: Whitewashing the sins of colonialism
History and Case studies

Administrating IMPERIAL TERRITORIES between the 1880s and 1939

How was political, economic and cultural domination organised? What were the different modes of colonial administration? How was the colonial system challenged both in the metropole and in the colonies?

By Tony, 1 year19 December 2023 ago
History and Case studies

IMPERIAL HIERARCHIES between the 1880s and the 1990s

How were racial hierarchies justified and implemented? Why was there also a hierarchy among colonised populations? How did colonial conquests fuel imperial rivalries?

By Tony, 1 year19 December 2023 ago
Front page
Research

CHINA in AFRICA, a “shared future”?

Is it a “win-win” relation? Does China help Africa develop? Does it use “debt-trap diplomacy”? How does China play the big brother? What challenges will it face?

By Tony, 2 years28 May 2023 ago
Essays Geopolitics

Limits of the POWER VACUUM Logic in AFRICA

Liberal actors see Africa as a proxy landscape for their power rivalry with illiberal countries. However, they forget that African States have their own agency and that it’s not a simple zero-sum game, a vacuum is not always spatial.

By Tony, 2 years13 May 2023 ago
Research

RUSSIA, a predator in AFRICA

What is Russia’s strategy in Africa? How does it use the Wagner group? What’s happening in CAR, Mali, Sudan and SAF? What can limit Russia’s influence?

By Tony, 2 years13 May 2023 ago
Research

Weak and Failed States in AFRICA

Who is at the basis of the DRC’s educational system? How do Chad’s rural populations settle property-related disputes? Why do Guinean hunters perform law enforcement missions? Why is a NGO fighting terrorism in Benin’s national parks?

By Tony, 2 years26 April 2023 ago
History and Case studies

ETHIOPIA, ERITREA and the TIGRAY war

What was Ethiopia’s position during the Cold War? What is the history of the relations between Ethiopia and Eritrea? What sparked the Tigray War in 2020?

By Tony, 2 years1 April 2023 ago
Research

PAN-AFRICANISM: between genuine aspirations and ideological hijacking

Short history, main thinkers and recent developments related to Russia’s influence in Africa.

By Tony, 2 years18 March 2023 ago
History and Case studies

Jihadism in MALI, the FULA case

Who are the Fula and why do some fight with jihadists? Why is the ethno-religious lens an inadequate tool? How has poor governance fueled the security crisis?

By Tony, 2 years10 February 2023 ago
History and Case studies

UGANDA: the “Pearl of Africa”

Presentation of Uganda’s History, culture, politics, economy, security situation and so much more !

By Tony, 2 years15 January 2023 ago
Research

AL-QAEDA and DAESH in Africa

What are the various African terrorist groups? How different are al-Qaeda and Daesh’s targets, strategies and images? How will the threat evolve in Africa?

By Tony, 2 years28 December 2022 ago
History and Case studies

SOMALIA: al-Qaeda’s base in Eastern Africa

How did Islamist groups exploit state weaknesses? Why did piracy develop there? Why do Kenya and Ethiopia get involved in Somalia’s security issues?

By Tony, 2 years26 December 2022 ago
History and Case studies

SUDAN and SOUTH-SUDAN: the forgotten wars

What caused the 2017 famine in South-Sudan? What are the root causes of the genocide in Darfur? How was Omar al-Bashir deposed by the 2019 revolution?

By Tony, 2 years25 December 2022 ago
History and Case studies

RWANDA and BURUNDI: genocide between Hutu and Tutsi

How did ethnic tensions culminate in
a genocide between Hutus and Tutsis? What role did colonisation play? Who is Paul Kagamé the current Rwandan President ?

By Tony, 2 years19 December 2022 ago
Research

TURKEY in AFRICA

How does Turkey leverage its soft and hard powers to gain influence in Africa? Which narrative does it develop? What challenges does it face?

By Tony, 2 years12 December 2022 ago
History and Case studies

THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: the resource curse

How come the DRC has so much natural resource but is still poor?
What has been the influence of Rwanda over the DRC over the past decades? What is the M23?

By Tony, 2 years4 December 2022 ago
Russia in the Central African Republic
History and Case studies

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC : civil war and Russian predation

Why do the Seleka and anti-Balaka fight each other? What is Russia doing in CAR? Is the civil war still on? How are the UN and the EU trying to stop it?

By Tony, 3 years5 November 2022 ago

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