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Supporters of the Sudanese armed popular resistance, which backs the army, raise weapons during a meeting in January 2024.
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Overlapping territorial claims continue to fuel conflict in Abyei, which is claimed by both Sudan and South Sudan.
The golden Dome of the Rock Islamic shrine, a holy site for Muslims, stands close to the Western Wall, Judaism’s holiest site, in an aerial view of Jerusalem’s Old City.
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Conflicts over the Alsace-Lorraine region and Northern Ireland offer examples of how territory is often at the center of a conflict − and what is necessary to pave the path to peace.
Rwandan soldiers on patrol in northern Mozambique in 2021.
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After more than 30 years of federalism, ethnic conflict in Ethiopia hasn’t been resolved – but neither has the country disintegrated.
A group of soldiers from the Niger gendarmerie at the gendarmerie school on 11 January 2023 in Niamey, Niger.
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Moda Dieng, Université Saint-Paul / Saint Paul University and Philippe M. Frowd, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
Ecowas’ threats to intervene militarily in Niger played a role in the creation of the Alliance of Sahel States, whose members have pledged to assist each other in the event of aggression.
South Africa’s German built submarine, the Manthatisi.
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South Africa is a large peninsula on the strategic Cape sea route. Some 90% of its trade flows through its harbours. The navy defends the country’s sovereignty and national interests.
Pirates leave a Ukrainian merchant vessel for Somalia’s shore in 2008.
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The transfer of township rental houses to inhabitants did not necessarily give families greater security. “Family houses” were frequently acquired by individuals.
Khartoum’s central business district burns.
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Architects give their views on a landmark skyscraper burning as Sudan’s capital is systematically destroyed.
The Ingonyama Trust has been accused of illegal practices in rural villages in KwaZulu-Natal.
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Local communities need to be warned more clearly and effectively if there is a threat of a storm surge and of coastal flooding.
Whistleblower Athol Williams, a former partner at Bain SA, testifies at the State Capture Commission in 2021.
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