Why are Ethiopia’s churches under attack?
A spate of church burnings has raised the religious and political temperature in Ethiopia. What or who is behind this?
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Development as a conflict prevention tool
The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) is primarily a regional mechanism for the prevention and resolution of conflicts.
We should be vigilant about external funding of African defence – Obasanjo
The annual Tana Forum concludes today in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. Its theme, ‘Ownership of Africa’s Peace and Security Provision’, implies being able to self-finance Africa’s …
Biafra Mark ll on the march?
The historical efforts by the Igbo people of South East Nigeria to achieve a separate state, Biafra, are now 50 years old but the simmering …
DR Congo – Trouble in the East
As the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) says it will push back next month’s presidential election to April 2018, over 50 armed …
One journalist’s crusade to save Central African Republic (Part 2)
New African correspondent Cameron Duodu, the veteran journalist from Ghana, has mounted a one-man crusade aimed at stopping the conflict in Central African Republic. It is …