Sudan’s generals have torn up the transition playbook. But don’t count out the masses
This week the head of Sudan’s Sovereign Council, General Abdel Fattah El Burhan, declared the dissolution of the transitional council,
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THOUGHT LEADERSHIP
Critical role lies ahead for South Africa’s new chief justice in light of predecessor’s mixed legacy
MOST African constitutions of the past 30 years, led by an independent Namibia in 1990 and strongly endorsed by South
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Nigeria’s ‘bandits’ are not ‘unknown gunmen’: why the label matters
SINCE 2015, parts of northern Nigeria have witnessed a steady increase in insecurity and violent attacks. Civilians and government security
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How South African editor Aggrey Klaaste put himself on the line with his contrarian idea
IN 1988, Aggrey Klaaste became the editor of Sowetan and launched a project to intervene in the fraught political situation
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Ramp up civic education
MOSIBUDI MANGENA IN the early days of Zimbabwean independence in the 1980’s, the political space in Harare was just as
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Why the African Union’s mediation effort in Tigray is a non-starter
THE United Nations recognises mediation as one of the most effective methods of preventing, managing and above all, resolving conflicts.
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Circles of impunity: why sexual violence by humanitarians and peacekeepers keeps happening
I first visited the North Kivu region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) in 1994 during the genocide in
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Sudan coup drama lays bare distrust between civilian, military leaders
KHALID ABDELAZIZ and NAFISA ELTAHIR When Sudanese authorities announced last month that they had averted a coup, alleged ringleaders were
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“Lessons from Charlotte Makgomo Mannya-Maxeke”
IF I was asked by Koko Charlotte Mannya Maxeke what did you do with this country when you returned from
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Mzondeleli Nondula – ‘One of the real heroes of our struggle, a star in our firmament, a brick in the wall of honour for the beautiful ones,
MATHATHA TSEDU I arrived quite early at Pretoria Central Prison. When visitors were allowed in I was amongst the first.
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