Will Tigrayan Rebels Attack Ethiopia’s capital?
This week, as Ethiopia’s civil war enters its second year, Tigrayan rebels captured the strategically placed cities of Dessie and Kombolcha, only hours away from the country’s capital Addis Ababa. Pri...
5 Nov 202137min
The Military’s Dangerous Power Grab in Sudan
On 25 October, Sudan’s military leaders ousted the country’s civilian government, detaining Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and several of his ministers. The coup took place two and a half years after a...
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U.S.-China Tensions and Beijing’s Show of Strength in the Taiwan Strait
In recent weeks, record numbers of Chinese fighter jets have entered Taiwan’s Air Defence Identification Zone in what appears to be a deliberate show of strength by Beijing. This comes at a time when ...
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Cameroon's Forgotten Anglophone Conflict
For almost five years, Cameroon’s western provinces have been wracked by a deadly separatist insurgency. In 2016, Anglophone protesters took to the streets angry at the increasing use of French in cou...
15 Okt 202144min
Lebanon is Falling Apart
Lebanon is in the midst of what the World Bank describes as what could be one of the worst economic crises of the past 150 years. Over three-quarters of the population have been plunged into poverty, ...
8 Okt 202141min
Could Talking to Mali's Jihadists Bring Peace?
The war in the Sahel appears to have reached a stalemate. In Mali, fighting pits the Malian security forces, backed by regional militaries and French special forces and airpower, against an al-Qaeda-l...
1 Okt 202151min
Avoiding Another Afghanistan: Could Al-Shabaab Seize Power in Somalia?
Many people in the Somali capital Mogadishu watched with apprehension as the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan. Could Somalia, struggling against its own Islamist insurgency -- Al—Shabaab -- face ...
24 Sep 202143min
License to Kill: Lawyering in the War on Terror
Only days after the 9/11 attacks, Congress ushered in extraordinarily broad legislation that authorised President Bush to use military force in order to eliminate terrorist threats to the U.S. In this...
16 Sep 20211h 11min
