Surface Tension: ‘Communal’ Violence and Elite Ambitions in South Sudan By Dr. Dan Watson19 August 2021 Conflict and insecurity in South Sudan are once again at levels which would typically be… Read more
Regional Overview: Africa25-31 October 2020 By Timothy Lay4 November 2020 Last week in Africa, anti-French demonstrations were reported in several countries; electoral violence proliferated in… Read more
Regional Overview: Africa27 September-3 October 2020 By Timothy Lay7 October 2020 Last week in Africa, anti-government demonstrations restarted in Guinea during the lead up to presidential… Read more
Regional Overview: Africa2 August-5 September 2020 By Timothy Lay10 September 2020 During the last five weeks in Africa, the Malian government was overthrown in a military… Read more
Regional Overview: Africa26 July-1 August 2020 By Timothy Lay6 August 2020 Last week in Africa, significant outbreaks of intercommunal violence were reported in Sudan, South Sudan,… Read more
Regional Overview: Africa19-25 July 2020 By Timothy Lay30 July 2020 Last week in Africa, Puntland forces launched operations against Islamic State forces in Somalia, the… Read more
Regional Overview: Africa5-11 July 2020 By Timothy Lay15 July 2020 Last week in Africa, violent anti-government demonstrations were reported in Mali; armed groups staged attacks… Read more
Regional Overview: Africa28 June-4 July 2020 By Timothy Lay8 July 2020 Last week in Africa, violence erupted across Ethiopia’s Oromia region in response to the murder… Read more
Regional Overview: Africa14-20 June 2020 By Timothy Lay24 June 2020 Last week in Africa, state forces clashed with separatists in the Casamance region of Senegal… Read more