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June 17, 2015

Sub-Saharan Africa
South African Rule of Law Threatened

From the perspective of the expectations of Nelson Mandela, South Africa has been treading water, if not worse, especially since the national elections of 2014. Economic growth remains an anemic 2 pe…

Zuma Mugabe

August 11, 2017

Cybersecurity
Cyber Week in Review: August 11, 2017

This week: cyber in ASEAN, quantum computing in China, cybersecurity regulations in the United Kingdom, and election hacking allegations in Kenya.

ASEAN

January 10, 2013

Kenya
Preventing Electoral Violence in Kenya

Since 2007, after a widely contested presidential election precipitated a descent in violence that killed over one thousand people, Kenya has taken steps to rebuild its political system through a pow…

Kenya election

September 23, 2013

Sub-Saharan Africa
Is the Nairobi Mall Carnage Bigger than Just Kenya?

The weekend’s horrific al-Shabaab attack on Nairobi’s Westgate Mall is still not over, and the context and consequences of the attack are uncertain. Despite Kenyan authorities’ claim of “full control…

Relatives and Muslim faithful bury the slain body of Rehmad Mehbub, 18, who was killed in a crossfire between armed men and the police at the Westgate shopping mall, in Kenya's capital Nairobi September 22, 2013.

March 17, 2011

Kenya
Kibaki’s Attempt to Defer ICC Cases Fizzles

Kenya's President Kibaki arrives at the 16th African Union summit, in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa. (Thomas Mukoya/Courtesy Reuters) Kenyan President Mwai Kabaki is pushing back – hard – on the In…

Kibaki’s Attempt to Defer ICC Cases Fizzles