The upcoming 2020 presidential election in the Central African Republic (CAR) has the potential to derail the implementation of the 2019 Khartoum Peace Agreement and bring about a return to […]
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Since his coming to power in January 2019, restoring peace and security, particularly in the conflict-ridden Eastern provinces, has been one of President Félix Tshisekedi’s main promises. While not clearly […]
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In this commentary, Egmont senior researcher and affiliated senior researcher with the Leuven Institute of Criminology (University of Leuven) Valérie Arnould examines the human rights challenges the Covid-19 crisis poses […]
African governments have been faster than most of their European counterparts in imposing measures to deal with the COVID-19 outbreak despite dealing with numerous other challenges. However, context matters, and […]
Burundi’s forthcoming elections mark the next stage in the implementation of the Constitution of 7 June 2018. Four key institutional innovations, situated mostly at the level of the executive branch, […]
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The Corona pandemic is changing the way we live and function as a society for at least the coming weeks or months. While it is a virus that does not […]
The Egmont Institute organises a high-level meeting on 22 May with H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Didier Reynders, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of […]
At this Africa Lunch Meeting, An Ansoms, Professor in development studies at the Université Catholique de Louvain, explored the seeming discrepancy between Rwanda’s high levels of child malnutrition and its […]
At this Africa Lunch Meeting, Dr. Clionadh Raleigh, Professor of Political Geography and Conflict at Sussex University and Director of the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED), explored […]
This seminar will discuss scenarios on future levels of aid flows in sub-Saharan Africa, and their relation to rapid population growth, economic growth, and poverty reduction. It will also discuss […]