On 20 January, Melanie Joly, Canadian minister of Foreign Affairs, revealed that her government had been mandated by the Cameroonian government to facilitate peace talks between itself and the Anglophone secessionist forces in the Nation’s North and South-western regions. These regions have an Anglophone majority, while the Cameroonian government is
The Central African Republic (C.A.R.) has been embroiled in deadly conflict since a largely Muslim coalition of Seleka rebels deposed then-President Francois Bozize in 2013. This triggered reprisals from largely Christian militias. In recent years government forces – backed by United Nations peacekeepers and Russian and Rwandan troops – have
In its May 2022 meeting on Libya, the UN Security Council (UNSC) lamented how the standoff to determine Libya’s leadership has continued. The dispute is between incumbent Prime Minster Abdul Hamid Mohammed Dbeibah and former Interior Minister Fathi Bashaga. Dbeibah was elected in February 2021 to head the interim Government
Introduction On Sunday, 15th May, the United Nations (UN) in Somalia welcomed the conclusion of Somalia’s Presidential election, praising the ‘positive’ electoral process and peaceful transfer of power. Hassan Sheik Mohamud prevailed over Mohamed Abdullahi ‘Farmaajo’ to become Somalia’s new president. This election was anticipated to be a watershed moment
On May 15th, the United Nations in Somalia welcomed the conclusion of the nation’s election, praising the “positive” electoral process and peaceful transfer of power as Hassan Sheikh Mohamud prevailed over Mohamed Abdullahi “Farmajo” to become Somalia’s new president. James Swan, the U.N. Secretary General’s Special Representative for Somalia, said
In February of 2022, Ethiopia began producing electricity for the first time from its Grand Ethiopia Renaissance Dam (GERD), touted to be Africa’s largest hydroelectric power source upon its completion. Since ground was broken on the project in 2011, it has triggered a dispute between Ethiopia on one side, and
On October 25, 2021 Sudanese military forces overturned the government. Sudan’s then administration, led by Abdullah Hamdok, comprised of a partnership between the military and civil representatives, with the task of transitioning towards democracy after the revolutionary overthrow of dictator Omar Al Bashir in 2019. In this transitional period, a
For over a year, civil conflict has ravaged Tigray, claiming thousands of lives, and displacing millions more in the Horn of Africa. The struggle is between the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and the Ethiopian Government. Where much has been highlighted about the implications of the conflict, both domestically and
