The phenomenon of the Child Soldiers between International Law, UN Humanitarian Action and State responsibility. In memory of Samuel Opiyo Author: Elianna Baldi We worked in Central African Republic (CAR) from 2011 to 2019.  In 2016 we met a Ugandan boy, Samuel Opiyo, who escaped from the Lord’s Resistance Army

UPEACE Doctoral Candidate – Hassan Shekh Mohamud wins Somalia’s presidential election Author: Samuel Ewusi Somalia’s new President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud was declared the winner of the Presidential election on Sunday, May 16th, 2022 to become the country’s new president. Mohamud beat the incumbent Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo by 214 votes to

Are reparations owed to the Nigerian citizens? Author: Ananya Shukla Translated into Spanish by Florencia Prieto de Santis It was in 1984 that anti robbery squads in Nigeria started existing separately from the Nigerian Police Force; the SARS (Special Anti-Robbery Squad), Nigeria’s Anti Robbery Squad was formed in 1992. The

Africa’s forgotten war: The Western Sahara conflict Author: Mihir Yedur TRANSLATED INTO SPANISH BY SILVANA GORDILLO GONZÁLEZ Much of Africa was born into conflict due to hasty and problematic decolonization mandates that were undertaken by colonial powers in response to growing pressure from the UN and a large part of

Food Security and Conflicts. Case Study: Anglophone Crisis, Cameroon Author: John Carlvin Piyinchu There is a tragic link between conflict and hunger and how it still pervades far too much of the world. We need better and quicker access in all conflict zones, so we can get to more of

The Rwandan Genocide led to positive changes in Rwandan governance and regional human rights mechanisms, especially on women's rights.

The refusal of Donald Trump to concede defeat to President-elected, Joe Biden undermines democracy and legitimizes dictatorship in Africa

A conflict-analysis perspective of the dehorning process as a protection mechanism of rihnos in South Africa

Analysis of the Safety Case Regulatory Approach in Safeguarding Health and Safety Standards in Oil and Gas Sector in Uganda Author: Peter Reat Gatkuoth Introduction According to Lassourd, T. in his working-paper, “Fiscal Rule Options for Petroleum Revenue Management in Uganda’’ Strategies have been set in order to prepare the

The Central African Republic (CAR) has been suffering from long-lasting conflicts and is now required to establish the rule of law through Transitional Justice. Transitional justice is for the recovery of countries devastated by conflict. The United Nations describes Transitional Justice as ‘the full range of processes and mechanisms associated