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Advancing our Institutions: Reflections on ECOWAS

Jesugo Felix Koonou This piece of article reflects on assessing the current state of our institutions and the transformative changes that can be envisioned at both individual and institutional levels based on what we have learned throughout our educational journey at...

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Save the Date: The 12th Tana Forum to Convene from 23–25 October 2026

The Tana Forum Secretariat is pleased to announce the date and theme of the 12th edition of the Tana High-Level Forum on Security. Scheduled to take place from 23–25 October 2026, the Forum will convene under the theme “Pathways to Peace in Africa: Economic...

Extension of Deadline: Call for Abstracts | Submission for a Workshop on Ontologies of Peace in Ethiopian Societies

Introduction The Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS) in collaboration with the CoRE on Interdisciplinary Peace is organizing a workshop titled “Ontologies of Peace in Ethiopian Societies”. While conventional research often prioritizes the mechanics of...

IPSS Engages Global Partners at UM6P International Staff Exchange Week in Rabat

The Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS) participated in the International Staff Exchange Week hosted by the University of Mohammed VI Polytechnic (UM6P) in Rabat, Morocco, from April 9–11, 2026. The institute joined leading universities from around the...

Call for Abstracts: Submission for a Workshop on Ontologies of Peace in Ethiopian Societies

Introduction The Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS) in collaboration with the CoRE on Interdisciplinary Peace is organizing a workshop titled “Ontologies of Peace in Ethiopian Societies”. While conventional research often prioritizes the mechanics of...

Call for Abstracts: CoRE on Interdisciplinary Peace Invites Abstract Submission from Member Universities for a Workshop On Critical Minerals, Energy and Conflict

Abstract deadline: 11 March 2026 Announcement of selected abstracts: 20 March 2026 Full paper submission: 30 April 2026 Workshop date: 08 June 2026, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia All submissions should be made to: [email protected] Introduction The Norwegian Centre for...

ARUA EARLY CAREER RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS 2026

The African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA), with support from the Mastercard  Foundation and the Carnegie Corporation of New York, is launching this Early-Career  Research Fellowship program. The initiative will fund up to forty-two (42) early-career ...

High-Level Courtesy Visit

The ARUA Secretary-General, Prof. John Owusu Gyapong, along with Prof. Worash Getaneh, Vice President for Research and Innovation at Addis Ababa University, visited us today. During the visit, Dr. Mercy Fekadu, IPSS and the ARUA CoE Director along with ARUA research...

IPSS-FES Workshop Reframes Africa’s Debt Crisis as a Structural Challenge to Sovereignty

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. On February 3, 2026, the Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS) and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) held a high-level hybrid workshop entitled “Debt, Partnership, Sustainability, Conflict and Sovereignty: Reframing Africa’s Financial...

A Call for Urgency: Redefining Africa’s Peace and Security Ahead of the 39th AU Summit

On 4 February 2026, the Institute for Peace and Security Studies and the Institute for Security Studies convened a Pre-AU Summit Seminar in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The session focused on the 39th AU Summit and APSA reforms amid a fraying global order. Diplomats,...

A Debate on Conflict Studies

Dissent magazine published a response by Dr. Mercy Fekadu Mulugeta, Director of the Institute for Peace and Security Studies(IPSS) at Addis Ababa University, to the essay “The Demise of Conflict Studies.” IPSS shares this discussion for its relevance to regional...

When a Distant Strait Becomes Africa’s Problem

The Strait of Hormuz is often treated as a distant geopolitical flashpoint, far removed from everyday realities in African capitals. Yet, disruptions there expose some of the deepest vulnerabilities in African economies. When tensions rise in that narrow waterway, the...

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Save the Date: The 12th Tana Forum to Convene from 23–25 October 2026

The Tana Forum Secretariat is pleased to announce the date and theme of the 12th edition of the Tana High-Level Forum on Security. Scheduled to take place from 23–25 October 2026, the Forum will convene under the theme “Pathways to Peace in Africa: Economic...

When a Distant Strait Becomes Africa’s Problem

The Strait of Hormuz is often treated as a distant geopolitical flashpoint, far removed from everyday realities in African capitals. Yet, disruptions there expose some of the deepest vulnerabilities in African economies. When tensions rise in that narrow waterway, the...

The Role of the Press Media in Resistance during the Apartheid in South Africa

When we think about resistance under apartheid, we tend to picture mass protests, underground movements, and armed struggle. This understanding misses something of equal importance, the settle and at times silent indirect resistance. During the South Africa Apartheid...

Internal Labor Migration to Addis Ababa: Visibility, Marginality, and Securitization

Addis Ababa, the capital seat of Ethiopia and the diplomatic capital of Africa, is among the fastest urbanizing cities of the continent. The city’s rapid urbanization is marked by horizontal, spontaneous, and unregulated expansion. Although the city’s growth generates...

What to Expect in the Middle East: Lessons From the Horn on Drones and Warfare

While globally, drone use is neither new nor rare, in Africa, drone use in conflicts like Sudan and Ethiopia, has stricken curiosity. The deployment of drones by US forces against Al-Shabab in 2007, establishment of a base in Arba Minch and an attempt to launch a...

Transitional Justice for Whom? A Reading Response

In Rethinking Transitional Justice for the Twenty-First Century: Beyond the end of history, Dustin Sharp explores in chapter three the question to whom transitional justice is aimed at by placing emphasis on victims and communities’ transitional justice initiatives...

When a Distant Strait Becomes Africa’s Problem

The Strait of Hormuz is often treated as a distant geopolitical flashpoint, far removed from everyday realities in African capitals. Yet, disruptions there expose some of the deepest vulnerabilities in African economies. When tensions rise in that narrow waterway, the...

Advancing our Institutions: Reflections on ECOWAS

Jesugo Felix Koonou This piece of article reflects on assessing the current state of our institutions and the transformative changes that can be envisioned at both individual and institutional levels based on what we have learned throughout our educational journey at...

Silencing the Guns: A Personal Reflection

Silencing the Guns was born and anchored on the premise that the legacies of armed conflict must not be passed on to future generations. For the present generation, silencing the guns ensures that the aspirations for a peaceful, secure, integrated, and prosperous...

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Save the Date: The 12th Tana Forum to Convene from 23–25 October 2026

The Tana Forum Secretariat is pleased to announce the date and theme of the 12th edition of the Tana High-Level Forum on Security. Scheduled to take place from 23–25 October 2026, the Forum will convene under the theme “Pathways to Peace in Africa: Economic...

When a Distant Strait Becomes Africa’s Problem

The Strait of Hormuz is often treated as a distant geopolitical flashpoint, far removed from everyday realities in African capitals. Yet, disruptions there expose some of the deepest vulnerabilities in African economies. When tensions rise in that narrow waterway, the...

The Role of the Press Media in Resistance during the Apartheid in South Africa

When we think about resistance under apartheid, we tend to picture mass protests, underground movements, and armed struggle. This understanding misses something of equal importance, the settle and at times silent indirect resistance. During the South Africa Apartheid...

Internal Labor Migration to Addis Ababa: Visibility, Marginality, and Securitization

Addis Ababa, the capital seat of Ethiopia and the diplomatic capital of Africa, is among the fastest urbanizing cities of the continent. The city’s rapid urbanization is marked by horizontal, spontaneous, and unregulated expansion. Although the city’s growth generates...

What to Expect in the Middle East: Lessons From the Horn on Drones and Warfare

While globally, drone use is neither new nor rare, in Africa, drone use in conflicts like Sudan and Ethiopia, has stricken curiosity. The deployment of drones by US forces against Al-Shabab in 2007, establishment of a base in Arba Minch and an attempt to launch a...

Transitional Justice for Whom? A Reading Response

In Rethinking Transitional Justice for the Twenty-First Century: Beyond the end of history, Dustin Sharp explores in chapter three the question to whom transitional justice is aimed at by placing emphasis on victims and communities’ transitional justice initiatives...

The Paradox We Overlook: Sustainable Consumption, The Environment, and You

Our environment is in distress, and we are paying a dire price through famine, floods, drought, environmental pollution, wildfires, rising sea levels, ozone depletion, heatwaves, and extreme rainfall, amongst other things. Unfortunately, many have yet to connect what...

A Generation Interrupted: Youth Mental Health and Sudan’s Future

Aging generals and career politicians have contested for power in Sudan for three years following the outbreak of violent conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in April 2023. Yet, a critical crisis remains neglected amidst...

Extension of Deadline: Call for Abstracts | Submission for a Workshop on Ontologies of Peace in Ethiopian Societies

Introduction The Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS) in collaboration with the CoRE on Interdisciplinary Peace is organizing a workshop titled “Ontologies of Peace in Ethiopian Societies”. While conventional research often prioritizes the mechanics of...

IPSS Engages Global Partners at UM6P International Staff Exchange Week in Rabat

The Institute for Peace and Security Studies (IPSS) participated in the International Staff Exchange Week hosted by the University of Mohammed VI Polytechnic (UM6P) in Rabat, Morocco, from April 9–11, 2026. The institute joined leading universities from around the...
When a Distant Strait Becomes Africa’s Problem

When a Distant Strait Becomes Africa’s Problem

The Strait of Hormuz is often treated as a distant geopolitical flashpoint, far removed from everyday realities in African capitals. Yet, disruptions there expose some of the deepest vulnerabilities in African economies. When tensions rise in that narrow waterway, the...

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