In 2016, new reports of United Nations (UN) Peacekeeper exploitation of children in the Central African Republic (CAR) emerged in the media. The UN Independent Review on Sexual Exploitation and Abuse issued its Report of an Independent Review on Sexual…
Reuters has described the displacement of 2.3 million in the Lake Chad Basin as “the most neglected crisis of 2016.” Simon Brooks, head of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)’s delegation in Cameroon, states that the region “has suffered…
Since nation-wide protests commenced in Ethiopia in late 2015 due to outrage over investment projects aimed at repurposing land for industrial use, government-sanctioned mass arrests, detentions, enforced disappearances, and indiscriminate killings have plagued the country. This culminated in a State…
On January 13, 2017, U.S. President Barack Obama issued an executive order revoking some economic sanctions that had been imposed on Sudan. The U.S. Department of the Treasury cited several indications of “sustained progress” from the Sudanese government in areas…
With South Africa, Burundi, and the Gambia all having withdrawn or beginning the process of withdrawal from the International Criminal Court (ICC), the Court is now facing a crisis of sociopolitical legitimacy among other African countries. Some journalists fear South…