Diplomacy
ECOWAS MILITARY INTERVENTION IN NIGER: A TURNING POINT?
The coup d’état in Niger on July 26, 2023, marked a seismic rupture in West Africa’s fragile stability. The Presidential Guard’s detention of...
CIVIL-MILITARY RELATIONS IN FRAGILE STATES
Fragile states marked by weak governance, economic instability, and persistent unrest face a recurring challenge: how to manage relations between civilian institutions and...
WHY AFRICA NEEDS A UNIFIED DEFENCE POLICY FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
In an era of escalating geopolitical tensions, resource conflicts, and transnational threats like terrorism and climate-induced instability, Africa stands at a critical juncture....
Peace Corridors in Conflict Zones: Humanitarian Highways or Fragile Lifelines?
On a searing August afternoon in 2022, a convoy of white-painted trucks bearing the red crescent snaked through Mali’s Mopti region. A Malian...
Transitional Justice and the Armed Forces: Navigating Past Atrocities
On an autumn morning in October 1997, inside Cape Town’s Good Hope Centre, television cameras zoomed in on a man in olive green...
Disarmament Campaigns: Civilian Buy-In or Security Risk?
The open-air sports stadium in Monrovia was never meant for this. In September 2003, just weeks after Liberia’s warring factions signed the Accra...
Military Mediation: When Generals Step into Diplomatic Roles
Kenya’s retired Lieutenant General Lazaro Sumbeiywo still remembers the winter fog curling over Naivasha in January 2005 when he ushered Sudan’s warring factions...
General Musa Leads Civil-Military Reset in Nigeria
Under General Musa’s Watch, Nigeria’s Military Reimagines Civil-Military Relations at Landmark Conference In a decisive and visionary shift, Nigeria’s Chief of Defence...
The General Who Reimagined America’s Role in Africa: Gen. Kip Ward and the Quiet Revolution in African Security
By the time Lt. General William E. “Kip” Ward hung up his uniform in 2012, he had already redrawn the contours of America’s...
Shifting Alliances: The Rise of Russian Military Influence in West Africa Amid US Withdrawal
In recent years, West Africa has witnessed significant changes in its military alliances. Several countries in the region are asking US military bases...
