Getting Granular on Peacekeepers
Editor JOHN STUPART talks armed conflicts and peacekeeping trends with Good Governance Africa’s STEPHEN JOHNSON.
Limits to any future war
Back from Juba, RICHARD STUPART reflects on some of the constraints on the next round of fighting.
Boko Haram and ISIS: the same coin?
In many ways, what the group is doing to Syria and Iraq resembles Boko Haram in Nigeria. But is the analogy stretching too far?
Why are African militaries not making better use of CubeSats?
As the cost of space-based sensors continues to plummet, most African militaries remain surprisingly uninterested in using the technology and reaping the benefits that their counterparts in the rest of the world are experiencing. This represents a missed opportunity that may have dire effects for the effectiveness of the continent’s national armed forces in the medium future.
How the World’s Terrorists Affect Africa
For African observers of international terrorism, there now appears to be something of a ‘terrorist spring’ occurring worldwide, and it’s coming to Africa.
Viral Insecurity
Ebola in West Africa is being treated in some countries (Nigeria), and is utterly out of control in others (Sierra Leone). CONWAY WADDINGTON unpacks the region’s ongoing struggle against the humanitarian crisis.