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Since independence in 2011, South Sudan has only experienced one year of peace before descending into repeated transitional governments and conflict. Civil society voices blame political leaders, particularly President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar, for derailing progress and fostering division. The population continues to suffer under the grip of a small elite maintaining the status quo. There is widespread disillusionment as hopes for democracy fade. Calls grow louder for genuine leadership and structural change to avoid yet another cycle of violence.

Dr Mmatshilo Motsei by ALC Pan-African Radio

Coumba Toure by ALC Pan-African Radio

Stella Mystica Sabiiti by ALC Pan-African Radio

Zeedah Meierhofer-Mangeli by ALC Pan-African Radio

Dr Bev Palesa Ditsie by ALC Pan-African Radio

Rwanda's foreign native language by ALC Pan-African Radio

Botswana's growing Crisis of Gender-Based Violence by ALC Pan-African Radio

Femicide in Kenya as A Gendered Injustice and Leadership Challenge by ALC Pan-African Radio

Women Building Peace in Sudan: Overcoming Challenges through Local Initiatives by ALC Pan-African Radio

Nigeria's Struggle for National Unity: Navigating Ethno-Nationalism and Security Challenges by ALC Pan-African Radio

Xenophobia in South Africa by ALC Pan-African Radio

Catalyzing Equality in Africa: Spotlighting Women's Leadership and Agency in Gender-Responsive Financing

Mitigating radicalization and violence in refugee camps by ALC Pan-African Radio

Discussion Program - ALC 2024 Fellows by ALC Pan-African Radio

Talking Africa Programme with Dr Fola on Niger Coup and the Role of Military by ALC Pan-African Radio

Discussion Programme: Ethiopia Watch report and Conflict in Africa by ALC Pan-African Radio

Talking Africa Programme with Kenneth Mpyisi African inter-party Dialogue by ALC Pan-African Radio

Security Sector Governance in Zimbabwe by ALC Pan-African Radio

Psychological Effects of Imperialism on Africans by ALC Pan-African Radio

Tackling the electricity issue in West Africa - The West African Power Pool (WAPP) by ALC Pan-African Radio

Corruption's Security Consequences in Developing Countries A Case Study of Nigeria by ALC Pan-African Radio

Why South Sudanese women must seize the constitutional moment in the country by ALC Pan-African Radio

The prominent security challenge of Somalia by ALC Pan-African Radio

'Blood Diamonds' or a 'girl's best friend' – An analysis of Zimbabwe's Chiadzwa-Marange Diamonds by ALC Pan-African Radio

The Implications of Poor Implementation of the Juba Agreement for Peace on Security in Sudan by ALC Pan-African Radio

Political Control: Tanzania's Most Prominent Security Sector Governance Challenge by ALC Pan-African Radio

Magazine Programme: An exhibition challenging oriental stereotype of Algerian women: NO TO TORTURE by ALC Pan-African Radio

Discussion Programme - Conflict in Africa 2 by ALC Pan-African Radio

Discussion Programme - Conflict in Africa 1 by ALC Pan-African Radio

State of Conflict in DRC by ALC Pan-African Radio

Reconceptualising the state through new media: a case of the Building Bridges Initiative Kenya by ALC Pan-African Radio

Can an African team reach the World Cup 2022 semi-finals? by ALC Pan-African Radio

Peter Da Costa Memorial Lecture: Continuities & discontinuities in Africa: governance, development & regional peace & security was delivered by keynote speaker, Professor Chidi Anselm Odinkalu, International Human Rights Lawyer, Professor of Practice in International Human Rights Law, The Fletcher School at Tufts University.

Talking Africa - Leadership and nation building in S.Sudan by ALC Pan-African Radio

Les pays francophones d'Afrique de l'Ouest ont une histoire complexe et interdépendante. Ayant traversé l'esclavage, la colonisation et accédé à l'indépendance au cours de la même décennie, ils sont aujourd'hui politiquement et économiquement liés par le biais de deux principales institutions régionales, à savoir la CEDEAO (Communauté économique des États de l'Afrique de l'Ouest) et l'UEMOA (Union économique et monétaire ouest-africaine). Cependant, malgré la fin du colonialisme, la France maintient toujours une forte présence dans ces pays et certains d'entre eux ont connu un niveau d'insécurité sans précédent ces dernières années. Raïssa Zoungrana, membre de l'African Leadership Centre s'intéressant aux questions de sécurité en Afrique de l'Ouest/Sahel, elle en explique les causes et comment différents acteurs dans les pays francophones prétendent résoudre la situation.

In the age of globalization food security and stability are interlinked; armed conflicts are a key driver of food insecurity affecting regions beyond the battlefield. The ongoing Ukraine war is testament to this notion as it has created new food insecurity whilst highlighted existing systemic weaknesses in global food security. The European Union's partial embargo of Russian oil and its plans to phase imports of Russian natural gas, creates an opportunity for African oil and natural gas-producing countries to access global market. Sara Tadesse a fellow at the Africa Leadership Centre has an academic background in International Relations and African Studies. She looks at the implications of the ongoing war in the Ukraine on food security in the continent.

In 2013, the African Union adopted its Silencing the Guns initiative with the aim of silencing all guns and ending all conflicts by 2020. For the past nine years the African Union has undertaken efforts to realise this laudable objective, guided by the AU Master Roadmap of Practical Steps to Silence the Guns in Africa. In a quest to ensure that all guns are silenced in Africa, the AU has earmarked September as the Africa amnesty month, where all Africans can return their guns without fear of prosecution. Gorata Chepete shares with us what the amnesty month means and how Africa can better prepare for its success. She is a Motswana criminologist with a Degree in Criminal Justice from the University of Botswana and a Diploma in Political Economic Risk Analysis from the University of Stellenbosch. She is currently a Fellow on the African Leadership Centre's (ALC) Peace, Security and Development Fellowship Programme for Early Career Women in partnership with King's College London (KCL). She previously worked closely with the African Union on its year of the Silencing the Guns programme, actively reporting to the AU Peace and Security department about violence/insurgency in Africa particularly about the effective rolling out of the programme through an African focused consultancy firm.She is now focused on terrorism and counterterrorism.

Wokedje Homawoo is a Togolese and French Leadership and Development MSc student and Peace, Security, and Development Associate Fellow at the King's College London African Leadership Centre. She holds an International Management BSc from The University of Manchester Alliance Business School and The Chinese University of Hong Kong. With experiences in both the private and non-profit sectors, her research interests include food security and sustainable agriculture, education access, and digital transformation. Today we will be exploring notions of media and communications in the African context. What role do media and communications play in governance and culture? How can an intergovernmental continental institution such as the African Union openly admit their inefficiency in communicating with its constituents?

West African francophone countries shave a complex interrelated history. Having gone through slavery, colonization and reaching independence within the same decade, today they are politically, and economically interwined through two main regional institutions, namely ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States), and WAEMU (West African Economic and Monetary Union). However, despite the end of colonialism, France still maintains a strong presence in these countries and some of them have been witnessed an unprecedented level of insecurity in recent years. Raïssa Zoungrana a fellow at the African Leadership Centre with an interest in security issues in West Africa or the Sahel, discusses how different actors in Francophone countries are pretending to resolve the situation.

Since the years of independence, Africa has experienced more coups than any other continent. The social, political and economic conditions prevailing in different African countries are have been the driving force behind destabilising nations, creating environments for coups on the continent. Social discontent, largely expressed through protest, has been met with varying degrees of suppression, co-option and consolidation of the status quo. Chelsea Cohen, a woman fellow at the African Leadership Centre with an interest in the intersection between leadership and the socio-political factors that contribute to peace and (in)security dynamics. She examines the recent spate in coups on the continent and what these coups are telling us about our domestic affairs.

Discussion Prog on Elections in Africa by ALC Pan-African Radio

Women, power and global decision making in a world at war by ALC Pan-African Radio

The current African Cup of Nations taking place in Cameroon has been marred by controversy from the start. First, there was the chaos in the match between Tunisia and Mali that the Zambian referee decided to finish twice before the ninety minutes, then the kick-off of the match between Gambia and Mauritania being delayed by fourty five minutes and the wrong national anthem being played three times for the Mauritania team, the volatile security situation in the country and the coronavirus pandemic which has affected many players from most teams. All these challenges and more have made some people especially from several European countries and few from North Africa speak openly about the need for the tournament to be either postponed. This has angered Cameroonian football officials and well - known former players. To discuss this, we are joined by: Hubert Kinkoh a peace, security and development researcher across Africa and Research Associate and Coordinator of the Peace, Security and Development Fellowship Programmes at the African Leadership Centre; having previously worked with several international organisations. Hubert is originally from Cameroon. And Judith Macharia, an alumni of the African Leadership Centre, King's College London Fellowship programme and a consultant at the Football Foundation of Africa. Judith is also the Programme Coordinator of the Africa Football Development Network. She also manages grassroot sport for development initiatives in Africa through her organization known as Roads to Goals. Judith is from Kenya.

South Africa, like most countries across the globe, continues to criminalize sex work under the Sexual Offences Act drafted during the apartheid period. Sex workers therefore continue to be insecure and at risk of encountering violence and harassment by both the police and clients. Let alone stigma when they seek public healthcare services. Not to mention, how the Covid-19 pandemic has worsened the situation for them. Sara Soumaya Abed, a fellow at the ALC, reflects on how two South African sex workers-led organizations, SWEAT and Sisonke, respond to the Covid-19 pandemic. Audio clips: eNCA

Susanne Mbise, a fellow at the ALC gives a glimpse to the journey of women's representation in political leadership in Tanzania.

Abdullahi Rage a fellow at the ALC, traces Abiy's rise to power and examines how he is handling the highly controversial war in Tigray. Audio Clip: Al Jazeera & CGTN Africa

Halima Ahmed, a peace, security and development early-career women fellow at the ALC from Kenya, looks at Police Brutality and Inequality in Nairobi, Kenya during the Covid-19 pandemic. Audio Clip: Global News

Fakhrriyyah Abdallah, a fellow at the ALC, speaks about Neem foundation, and how they are supporting peace efforts through psychosocial support in the North East of Nigeria. Audio Clip: BBC News Africa & Neem Foundation

Leonie Mills, a fellow at the ALC from Ghana looks at Rwanda's history; how the country has been able to avoid new conflicts and how President Kagame emerged. Audio Clip: Open Society Foundations & FRANCE 24 English

PI Africa was launched in Nairobi in December 2019, the first of four regional hubs of Protection International, a Brussels-based organisation that supports human rights defenders. Susan Muriungi, Regional Director of PI Africa, talks about how this will help in ensuring more timely interventions where threats exist.