The key lesson is that transitional justice is not an event but an ongoing process that ends only when its goals are met.

South Africa’s decision to take Israel to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on charges of genocide has elicited polarised global responses. Critics accuse South Africa of theatre, political ...

Without enough capital or enabling global policy, expecting Africa to decouple economic growth from carbon emissions is a ...

Recurrent coups since 2020 and the decision by Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger to withdraw from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) reveal the region’s deep governance and democracy ...

Without the former president to unite a fragmented opposition ahead of the 2026 elections, multiparty democracy will be the ...

‘The revival of the PSC sanctions sub-committee is an important step that defines the willingness of African leaders to ...

A new long-term scenario analysis confirms that China will overtake the United States (US) as the most powerful country in the world by mid-century. The West, comprising the US and the European Union ...

In a rapidly shifting global order and with continued threats to Africa’s security, the African Union (AU) must strengthen ties with multilateral bodies and governments outside the continent. So far, ...

For decades, repeated attempts have been made to strengthen the South African National Prosecuting Authority’s (NPA) independence. Will the new Government of National Unity succeed where previous ...

On 26 March, security personnel led by South Sudan’s defence minister and national security chief entered First Vice-President Riek Machar’s home, disarmed and removed his security detail, and placed ...

Two by-elections this year were fiercely contested by Ghana’s leading political parties – the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the main opposition, the National Democratic Congress (NDC). Given ...

South Africa’s total bilateral trade with China soared from US$1.34 billion in 2000 to US$34.18 billion in 2023. But because South Africa exports primarily raw materials to China, and imports mainly ...