Snart har Kongo-konflikten tatt livet av like mange som holocaust, men hvem bryr seg?

Det blir ikke varig fred i Kongo uten en kursendring i Rwanda. 

The current phase of the evaluation of Norway's International Climate and Forest Initiative focuses on lessons learned from support to civil society organisations. ...

Afrikas mørke handler ikke om Afrika. Mørkets hjerte handler ikke om Kongo. Det handler om oss.

In Uganda, data suggests that not only women and girls are sexually assaulted in times of conflict and war, but also men and boys. Yet, male rape victims are almost invisible in interventions and even debates on conflict related sexual violence. Attention is overwhelmingly focused on girls and women. -There is a monopoly of victimhood, says Chris Dolan, Director at the Refugee Law Project at the School of Law, Makerere University.

Iran's foreign policy is based on revolutionary, Islamist and nationalist principles. Contradictions are solved according to "expedient interests of the system." What are the prospects of reconciliation with the West?

Samtidig med rettssaken mot Moland og French pågår det en annen rettssak fra Kongo i Haag, Nederland.

Why do courts hold political power-holders accountable in some democratic and democratizing countries, but not in others?  And, why do some courts ...

Hassan Rouhani won Iran’s presidential elections by posing as the voice of protest and change. Though previously considered a conservative he ran ...

Kongos regjering vil ha FN-styrken ut, og det kjapt. Det er ingen god idé. Men FN kan heller ikke fortsette som før.

In October 2015, the president of the Republic of South Sudan, Salva Kiir Mayardit, decreed a change in the country’s administrative structure and ...

Ugandas borgerkrig truer nå skjøre fredsprosesser i Sudan og Kongo. Om regionen skal få fred må de ettersøkte opprørslederne ...

This U4 Brief assesses how banks facilitate illicit capital flows from developing countries. The shortcomings of the existing regulatory frameworks are ...

Political scientist focusing on conflict, peace and development

Democratizing a dependent state: The case of Afghanistan Astri Suhrke War and democratization. Leg

The post-Taliban democratic reforms in Afghanistan were in part a recreation of the past. Afghanistan has had six constitutions between 1923 and 1990, ...

This comparative analysis of recent transitions to democracy in Argentina and Chile examines (1) the impact of the type of transition on democratic consolidation; ...

Due to its economic weight and an increasingly active outreach towards developing countries under the framework of "South-South Cooperation", the People's ...

There is a trend of democratic retrenchment across the African continent. Despite democratic gains in some states, the overall tendency over the past ...

Political parties and democratic consolidation in Africa Lars Svåsand and Vicky Randall Democratiza