In Sudan, amidst the civil war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces that began in Khartoum in April 2023, RSF and allied militias have systematically attacked ethnic Masalit communities in El Geneina in West Darfur.

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With Yemen's Houthi militia attacking shipping in the Red Sea, global shipping companies have diverted routes away from the Red Sea, raising the costs of goods for consumers in Africa and around the world.

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The number of disinformation campaigns purportedly initiated by Russia and China in Africa has nearly quadrupled since 2022, according to a new data set produced by the Pentagon-backed Africa Center. buff.ly/3IxP2h3

Red Sea/Indian Ocean maritime threats mean that African citizens are paying the price of delays, more expensive consumer goods, disruption to local economic entities, and polluted waterways.

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Approximately 10% of Liberia is owned by a Dubai-based company.

The stated goal is to preserve forestland, but no local communities were consulted, and similar agreements in Kenya resulted in indigenous communities evicted from their land.

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“When accountability is set aside in the interest of addressing more immediate manifestations of violence, it softens the ground for conflicts to recur.”

Read our interview with genocide scholar Samantha Lakin:

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According to #JosephSiegle Africa Center, 'a positive democratic narrative should advance a vision for a rules-based, democratic world order with all its attendant benefits.'

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The chorus to reverse coups and hold juntas accountable is growing:

Forces Vives de Guinee 'strongly condemn the Guinean junta's decision not to hold presidential elections in Dec. 2024, in accordance with the agreement reached with ECOWAS in Oct. 2022.'

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What do you do when faced with a leader trying to erode democratic norms? With coups regimes all across west Africa, the people of Senegal instead insisted on democracy, and that is what they have.

This sounds obvious but: Coups don't restore democracy.

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For 104 years, the Pan-African movement has championed principles of peace, democracy, and human rights. Today, young professionals are anchoring Africa’s contemporary democratic struggles firmly within the intellectual foundations of Pan-Africanism.

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يشكل انتشار المعلومات المضللة تحديًا أساسيًا يواجه المجتمعات الإفريقية المستقرة والمزدهرة. ما يقرب من ٦٠% من حملات التضليل في القارة ترعاها دول أجنبية، بحيث تعد روسيا والصين والإمارات العربية المتحدة والمملكة العربية السعودية وقطر الجهات الراعية الرئيسية.
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Will South Sudan be ready to hold elections in December? The government has yet to implement several key components of the 2018 peace agreement critical for elections, including taking a census and drafting a constitution.

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