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A French soldier, one of the international forces supporting the relief effort adjusts the concertina wire surrounding the airport while Rwandan refugee children watch

Conflict and Institutional Change in Sub-Saharan Africa

Pandit Mami, Research Analyst, Foreign Policy & Diaspora Studies Policy Lab May 14, 2022

This paper seeks to determine under what conditions would a critical juncture result in an institutional change in countries mired in weak institution traps. Using Rwanda’s historical trajectory as a case in point, the paper illustrates that institutional change needs the initiation and alignment of various strands of endogenous forces to establish social trust, which subsequently become the launching pad for improving quality of governance.

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A CCC supporter, known as Misheck Chikwinya (39), who experienced an attack by ZANU PF supporters while attending a rally in Kwekwe in February 2022. Credit: The Newshawks

“We Will Crush You Like Lice:” The Spectre of Political Violence in Zimbabwe

Dr. Charles Moyo, Research Analyst, Security & Intelligence Lab May 6, 2022

The nation of Zimbabwe had by-elections in March 2022 and will host general elections in 2023. In protest of this new electoral regime, political violence has reared its ugly head. Due to their violent tendencies against the political opposition, the cadres of the ruling party, ZANU PF, and the state security agents are associated with the following lexicon: ‘merchants of violence.’ This article illuminates the issues of political violence in Zimbabwe, especially concerning these elections. The article contends that political violence is inimical to free and fair elections, political legitimacy, social cohesion, and the country’s national image and development.

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African Migrants at Sea

(Eu)Roped In: The Side-Lined Dimensions of Nigerian Victims of Sex-Trafficking

Wendy Appenteng Daniels, Research Analyst April 24, 2022

The year 2015 was labelled as the year of the “European migration crisis” owing to the elevated numbers of economic migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers attempting to enter the continent. Women represent a significant group in the migration flows of the Mediterranean; however, the complexity underlying their identities and realities has been poorly captured in policy documents. This piece uses religion as a tool to critically analyse the pre-migratory and post-migratory contexts of Nigerian women by adopting an intersectional lens. It simultaneously denounces the epistemic tendency to exclude religion from intersectional frames of reference.

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A French soldier, one of the international forces supporting the relief effort adjusts the concertina wire surrounding the airport while Rwandan refugee children watch

Conflict and Institutional Change in Sub-Saharan Africa

Pandit Mami, Research Analyst, Foreign Policy & Diaspora Studies Policy Lab May 14, 2022

This paper seeks to determine under what conditions would a critical juncture result in an institutional change in countries mired in weak institution traps. Using Rwanda’s historical trajectory as a case in point, the paper illustrates that institutional change needs the initiation and alignment of various strands of endogenous forces to establish social trust, which subsequently become the launching pad for improving quality of governance.

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A CCC supporter, known as Misheck Chikwinya (39), who experienced an attack by ZANU PF supporters while attending a rally in Kwekwe in February 2022. Credit: The Newshawks

“We Will Crush You Like Lice:” The Spectre of Political Violence in Zimbabwe

Dr. Charles Moyo, Research Analyst, Security & Intelligence Lab May 6, 2022

The nation of Zimbabwe had by-elections in March 2022 and will host general elections in 2023. In protest of this new electoral regime, political violence has reared its ugly head. Due to their violent tendencies against the political opposition, the cadres of the ruling party, ZANU PF, and the state security agents are associated with the following lexicon: ‘merchants of violence.’ This article illuminates the issues of political violence in Zimbabwe, especially concerning these elections. The article contends that political violence is inimical to free and fair elections, political legitimacy, social cohesion, and the country’s national image and development.

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2022: International Migration Review Forum and Multi-stakeholder Hearing, (May 16th-May 20th) United Nations 

Dr. Robin Hardy, Senior Vice President of Global Research and Policy Development May 6, 2022

2022: International Migration Review Forum and Multi-stakeholder Hearing, (May 16th-May 20th) United Nations  Africa Center for Strategy & Policy is pleased to announce its special invitation to the International Migration Review Forum and Multi-stakeholder Hearing, May 16th-May 20th, 2022, United Nations Based on your interests, you may also wish to read: Leveraging African Youth Student Conference Series

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