Commentaries
What justice for Belgian jihadi fighters?
There are still more than one hundred Belgian fighters in Syria and Iraq, some of which are currently detained in the region. The fall of the Caliphate and the US […]
Africa
Publications
It’s time to build a Gender-Just Peace: Here is how
Following the adoption of UN resolution 1325 in 2000, the past two decades have seen increased attention to women’s roles in peace and conflict matters. Despite this, women continue to […]
Untangling justice, peace and amnesties in the Central African Republic
The question of amnesties has come to the forefront once again as the Central African Republic (CAR) started a new round of African Union-mediated peace negotiations on 24 January 2019. […]
Commentaries
Tensions running high in Gabon
In response to a short-lived coup attempt against absentee President Ali Bongo Ondimba, Gabonese authorities were quick to project images of control and normalcy. Yet measures to restrict and distort […]
Its own worst enemy? The Ugandan government is taking desperate measures to control rising dissent
Uganda has the world’s second youngest population. The Museveni regime is increasingly struggling to build legitimacy among this group, which wants public services and employment rather than distant stories about […]
External publications
The African Union and coercive diplomacy: the case of Burundi
In December 2015, the African Union (AU) took the unprecedented step of threatening to use military force against the government of Burundi’s wishes in order to protect civilians caught up […]