“The experience of the oppressed is the experience of living without protections.” — Achille Mbembe In conflict settings, the line…
Browsing: AIF Issue 78
In 2012, nomadic miners discovered a vast surface gold deposit in the Jebel Amir region of northern Darfur, Sudan. Within…
When they came to power in coups in 2020, 2022 and 2023, respectively, the Malian, Burkinabe, and Nigerien juntas made…
Since 2024, Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger have experienced more than eight coup attempts. This points to a deeper crisis…
The recent rash of African military coups may have started in Chad with the 2021 shoehorning in of Mahamat Déby…
The two decades up to 2020 saw fewer coups and attempted coups in Africa than at any time since independence,…
In an era of deepening democratic regression, southern Africa’s precedents offer important lessons for the continent. Former South African President…
The growing military presence of Russia in Madagascar further calls into question the wisdom of the Southern African Development Community’s…
At six in the morning, the city is already awake. Buses idle at taxi ranks, traders sweep dust from their…
For much of the period between 1966 and 1999, Nigerians endured a succession of military governments that came to power…
