The Ukraine-Russia War on Peace and Security Challenges in Africa
Introduction
It is the responsibility of every nation-state to assure the security of its people and it is fundamental and constitutionally right to make...
U.S. Re-Ignites Relations With Africa: What Stakes?
Prior to the U.S.-Africa summit, relations were reportedly strained between both regions under the Trump-led era, (IV) further setting a complex precedence for the Biden-led administration.
Military Coups and Democratic Decay in West Africa: Why the Popular Support for these...
Introduction
Africa’s post-colonial landscape has not only been characterized by state-building and development efforts, but the efforts to promote democratic values and governance practices have...
A review of the role of higher education reforms in the Anglophone Conflict
Introduction
According to the 2011 Global Monitoring Report, violent conflict is one of the greatest development challenges of the international community in the twenty-first century...
The Ukraine-Russia War on Peace and Security Challenges in Africa
The Russia-Ukraine war has placed Africa in a difficult diplomatic position with many African leaders trying to remain neutral.
Examining Conflict-induced Migration within the CEMAC Zone
Introduction
Founded on the 16th of March 1994, in N'Djamena, Chad, with the mission to promote harmonious development of the Member States within the framework...
“Silencing the Guns in Africa”: a Pious Wish in the African Union’s Agenda 2063?
Peace and security feature prominently in the AU Agenda 2063. Indeed, armed conflicts undermined the African continent for a long time during the 20th...
Peace and Security in the African Union’s Agenda 2063
The African continent is mostly made up of poor and/or developing countries which are highly faced with violent conflicts and wars hindering the overall...
Towards the Operationalization of the African Standby Force (ASF)?
The African continent is illustrated by a multiplicity of armed conflicts, which have experienced an upsurge since the beginning of the 2010s. They are...
Russia’s Game of Influence in the Reconfiguration of Military Cooperation in the Central African...
Russia is today establishing itself as a privileged partner of the Central African Republic.
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No Factories, No Trade: CEMAC Faces the Challenge of Structural Transformation
Highlights
No CEMAC member State accounts for more than 10% of exports to the continent.
The free movement of people, planned since 1999, has...
Burkina Faso’s New Study Abroad Decree: When Education Becomes a Political Privilege
By Enowbachem Agbortanyi
A Policy Framed as National Development
Burkina Faso's latest decree requiring every student wishing to study abroad to obtain government authorization marks more...
From the WTO MC14 to Action: Building Africa’s Productive Capacity through Trade, Digitalisation and...
Africa cannot rely on trade liberalization alone to achieve economic transformation; instead, it must pair AfCFTA integration with deliberate industrial, agricultural, and digital capacity-building...
Leveraging WTO MC14 Investment Facilitation for Development to Accelerate Structural Transformation in Cameroon
Investment inflows will generate the expected level of development impact in Cameroon if the country addresses persistent challenges like regulatory inefficiencies, institutional fragmentation, and...
Rethinking Commercial Leadership in Central Africa: Addressing the Challenges of Informality, Inequality, and Digital...
Informality, inequality, weak digital infrastructure, and limited productive financing continue to marginalize ECCAS economies, while calling for coordinated reforms to achieve inclusive and transformative...
From Market Expansion to Value Addition: Repositioning CEMAC’s Trade Strategy for Structural Transformation
Repositioning CEMAC’s trade strategy requires a decisive shift from commodity-based market participation toward value-driven production systems, where trade, industrial policy, and regional integration are...