Digital Empires in the Making: Sino-US Tech Rivalry and Emerging Dependencies in Africa
Contemporary Africa is experiencing a rapid expansion of digital public services, intelligent infrastructure, and innovation hubs. While these...
Understanding Security Beyond the Military: Reflections on Barry Buzan’s Rethinking Security After the Cold War
Introduction In Rethinking Security after the Cold War, Barry Buzan (1997) examines how the end of the Cold War transformed the concept of security....
Social Identity, Intergroup Relations and Social Conflict: Reflections on John Turner and Rupert Brown’s Social Identity and Social Conflict
In Social Identity and Social Conflict: Recent Developments in the Social Psychology of Intergroup Behaviour, Turner & Brown (1987) assess how...
Towards Energy Justice: The Strategic Role of Intra-African Cooperation in Africa’s Green Transition
Since the earliest theories of economic development, economic thought has continuously evolved to incorporate the emerging challenges that shape the...
Strengthening Traditional Institutions for Sustainable Peace
Traditional institutions have long served as the backbone of social, economic, political and cultural lives of human beings. These institutions...
The Unintended Power of Religious Institutions in Urban Transformation in Addis Ababa
While sitting in a street in a grocery in Bole Sub-city of Addis Ababa, on 21 May 2025, I noticed the grocery owner in an emotionally charged...
A Candidacy that Rose and Fell too Fast
For a brief moment in late March 2026, it seemed like Africa had made up its mind on the candidacy for the next Secretary-General of the United...
Criticism and the African Union
Peace and security instruments of the African Union, including its Constitutive Act, relevant charters, protocols, and communiqués, contain an...
Justice and Reconciliation in Africa: A Reader’s Response
In the book chapter Justice and Reconciliation in Africa: The Emergence of the African Union Transitional Justice Policy, Tim Murithi, a renowned...
The Gravest Crime against Humanity: Cooperation vs. Accountability
Slavery is one of the darkest chapters in world history. Many victims have been forgotten, hidden, and stripped of their dignity, culture, and...