The International Community, Coups, and Electoral ‘Attaboys
Guest post by Jonathan Powell and Salah Ben Hammou Coups in Africa have reached crisis proportions. Since Niger’s…
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Are Military Coups Back in Style in Africa?
Guest post by Sean M. Zeigler The seizure of power in October by the Sudanese military, and the…
Rising Violence and the Risks to Children in Burkina Faso
Guest post by Christopher M. Faulkner and Jared Thompson In June, Islamist militants launched an attack against the…
Pro-Government Militia Attacks Surge Amid COVID-19
Guest post by Britt Koehnlein and Ore Koren The question of whether the COVID-19 pandemic caused a spike…
Three Questions and Answers About the Civil War in Ethiopia
Guest post by Nils-Christian Bormann The civil war between the government of Ethiopia and the Tigray Political Liberation…
Why Jihadists Are Collecting “Zakat” in the Sahel
Guest post by Alex Thurston Around the world, jihadists use a dizzying array of mechanisms to finance themselves,…
DRC’s Nyiragongo Erupts: Does This Mean Conflict Will Too?
Guest post by Jaclyn Johnson and Christopher Faulkner The Nyiragongo volcano in the North Kivu region of the…
Should UN Peacekeepers Help Regulate Conflict Minerals?
IGCC Dissertation Fellow Series Guest post by Patrick Hunnicutt In September 2020, a Mai-Mai militia attempted to seize…
Not Free or Credible: Why Regional Election Observers Failed Chad and Benin
IGCC Dissertation Fellow Series Guest post by Christina Cottiero Welcoming election observation missions has become routine for governments…
Conflict Minerals Legislation: Shooting at the Wrong Target… Again
Guest post by Nik Stoop and Marijke Verpoorten On January 1, 2021, the European Conflict Minerals Act came…