Peace and security: youth Young people must be at the centre of all of Africa’s plans and processes to create…
Browsing: Africa in Fact
South Africa: firearm crime Corrupt police personnel in South Africa with criminal connections have contributed to a proliferation of illegal…
South Africa: tough at the top Much of the country’s private defence sector has enjoyed strong growth since 1994, but…
South Africa and weapons: a dirty history There is evidence that the motives for the murder of three prominent antiapartheid…
Cameroon: the deadly cycle A steady flow of weapons is fuelling the vicious conflict between Cameroon’s Anglophone regions and the…
Democratic Republic of Congo: arms flow Despite an arms embargo, a constant flow of weapons into the DRC from around…
Africa and wars: traditional weapons The advent of the machine gun at the end of the 19th century irrevocably changed…
African history: quo vadis? Newly emerging African histories in the 1950s and 60s served as an antidote to the views…
African communism: a pragmatic approach Communism was not a decisive force anywhere in Africa until the cold war made the…
African leadership: the golden age The continent’s current crop of leaders is more acquiescent than their post-colonial predecessors in dealing…
