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Reaching an international audience, Africa Up Close draws on contributions from experts, policymakers, and practitioners to present current, relevant, and digestible analyses of developments on the continent.

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Observers of the 2023 Nigeria Elections
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Democracy
What Greater Autonomy Means for Domestic Election Observers
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By Kgalalelo Nganje on November 20, 2023
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Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding
Collective Memory and Youth in Rwanda: Benefits, Limitations, and Alternative Solutions
By Marie Grace Kagoyire Gasinzigwa on November 3, 2023
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Gender-based Violence
Another Day, Another Femicide: The Reality of Women in Ethiopia and the Vocal Silence of “Reformative Government”
By Wubrest F. Adamu on November 1, 2023
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Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding
Mandates and Mixed Success: The EACRF’s Enigmatic Pursuit of Peace in Eastern DRC
By Stephanie Lizzo on October 30, 2023
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Observers of the 2023 Nigeria Elections
Blog post
Democracy
What Greater Autonomy Means for Domestic Election Observers
Kgalalelo Nganje Headshot
By Kgalalelo Nganje on November 20, 2023
Names of victims at mass graves in National Memorial to the victims of Genocide in Kigali, Rwanda.
Blog post
Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding
Collective Memory and Youth in Rwanda: Benefits, Limitations, and Alternative Solutions
Grace Gasinzigwa Headshot
By Marie Grace Kagoyire Gasinzigwa on November 3, 2023
A beautiful woman from the Dorze tribe
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Gender-based Violence
Another Day, Another Femicide: The Reality of Women in Ethiopia and the Vocal Silence of “Reformative Government”
By Wubrest F. Adamu on November 1, 2023
M23 fighters
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Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding
Mandates and Mixed Success: The EACRF’s Enigmatic Pursuit of Peace in Eastern DRC
Lizzo
By Stephanie Lizzo on October 30, 2023
G20 logo installed on a pedestrian bridge outside the main venue of the upcoming G20 Summit
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Economics and Globalization
Africa’s Bargaining Chip to the G20
By Ruth Namatovu on October 19, 2023
Refugee crosses from the DRCinto Uganda at the border village of Busanza
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Population
The Transient Refugee Trend in the Horn of Africa: Could This Call for a Shift in Policy?
By Clare Nakazibwe on October 6, 2023
Libyans celebrate the liberation from the Qaddafi regime in the streets of Tripoli on November 5, 2011 in Tripoli
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Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding
Lessons from Libya: 5 Developments that Should be Remembered when Approaching the Question of Coups in Africa
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By Addison Emig on October 4, 2023
Protesters gather in London in response to the Amhara conflict on May 20, 2023.
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Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding
A Reflection on the Conflict in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia
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By Adane Tadesse on September 29, 2023
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Democracy
Zimbabwe’s Political Landscape Requires Renewed International Community Intervention
Kgalalelo Nganje Headshot
By Kgalalelo Nganje on September 26, 2023
Highly detailed planet Earth at night, lit by the rising sun, illuminated by light of cities.
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Economics and Globalization
Africa Rising—How Will Washington Respond?
Keith Rockwell
By Keith Rockwell on September 20, 2023