The Conversation
Peace in Sudan: a fresh mediation effort is needed – how it could work
29th January 2025 Intense fighting has ravaged Sudan since 15 April 2023. The war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and its erstwhile comrades-in-arms, the... →
600-million Africans don’t have electricity – the green energy transition must start with them
28th January 2025 The world is fast transitioning towards renewable energy systems. But in many African countries, this transition is not solving historical... →
DRC has created a reserve force to fight the M23 – why this may backfire
27th January 2025 After nearly three decades of warfare, armed conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) seems only to intensify. The Rwanda-backed... →
Political assassinations, police violence and lack of press freedom: 3 barriers to peace in Mozambique
27th January 2025 Mozambique’s parliament and its new president, Daniel Chapo, were sworn in in mid-January 2025 after a tumultuous post-election period of protests,... →
Informal mining in South Africa is here to stay. Police brutality won’t end it – here’s what will
23rd January 2025 In mid-January 2024 over 1 000 hunger-weakened miners exited two abandoned mine shafts in Stilfontein, near Johannesburg in South Africa. They had... →
Africa without borders could help the continent prosper – what’s getting in the way
23rd January 2025 The vision of a “borderless Africa” is one of unity and shared prosperity for the continent. It is rooted in the ideals of the pan-Africanist... →
Mozambique’s cycles of violence won’t end until Frelimo’s grip on power is broken
22nd January 2025 Mozambique’s political history has been marred by violence, disputed elections and authoritarian control. The pattern continues. As the 2024... →
African countries need more PhD graduates but students are held back by a lack of money and support
17th January 2025 Over the past 15 years there’s been an increasing demand from within and outside the higher education sector for African countries to produce more... →
What one university’s 30-year transformation reveals about Afrikaans and language planning in South Africa
16th January 2025 When South Africa became a democracy in 1994, five of the country’s universities used Afrikaans as a medium of instruction. There were also two... →
Peacekeeping armies: what are they, why do African states build them and what impact do they have?
16th January 2025 Since 1948, more than two million uniformed peacekeepers have served in over 70 United Nations (UN) peacekeeping missions. They have come from... →
