Why is the Horn such a distinctive part of Africa? This book, by one of the foremost scholars
of the region, traces this question through its exceptional history and also probes the wildly …

In recent years, scholars of authoritarianism have noted a trend in which institutions
designed to check arbitrary power have been hollowed out to facilitate its exercise. As they …

While academic literature has long explored the ways in which colonial reification of identity
and narratives underpinning unequal racialised status of colonial subjects contributed to …

Exploring the story of Africa's contemporary history and politics through the lens of
peacekeeping, this concise and accessible book, based on over a decade of research …

ABSTRACT The Amhara Region protests originated in Gondar in 2016 and swiftly spread.
The study addresses the questions of how mass mobilization occurred in Amhara, the …

Global datasets on interstate armed conflict suggest that African states clash with each other
rarely and only for short periods. This research note shows that existing datasets paint a …

Relations between African militaries, civilian authority and the public have undergone
significant transformation over the past decades. Much of previous scholarship on civil …

In many African states, decolonisation brought neither prosperity nor meaningful
independence. The discontent with weak political and economic sovereignty led African …

The military is a central component of the state and society with implications for statehood
and social stability. Since independence, Africa has grappled with contentious and …

Much of contemporary Eastern and Southern Africa is governed by former national liberation
movements, each having won power after lengthy and punishing insurgencies. To varying …