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Meet the winner of the WPF/Leir Institute doctoral research award for 2025

Bridget Conley July 17, 2025

Africa Ghana Intervention Mali Peace operations South Sudan

Essay

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Only the Sudanese Can Save Sudan — Even If Trump Stops the War

Abdul Mohammed, Alex de Waal July 16, 2025

Africa African Union Peacemaking Political Marketplace Sudan

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Democracy’s Famine Prevention Record in Post-Colonial Africa

Raffael Hueberli July 15, 2025

Africa autocracy Democracy Famine Food insecurity Governance Nigeria Sudan

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Markets in Violence: Russia, Africa, and the Wagner Group

Tanner Kimpel June 26, 2025

Africa Armed violence Central African Republic Libya Mali Political Marketplace Russia Violence Wagner Group

Russia in Africa: Embedded Markets in Violence

Tanner Kimpel June 26, 2025

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Historical Trends in Famine Mortality

Matt Day, Alex de Waal May 13, 2025

Africa China Famine India Mass Starvation Middle East Russia

Western Tigray: The Unresolved Challenge and a Test for Ethiopia

Mulugeta Gebrehiwot Berhe May 8, 2025

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Beyond Outrage: Another Genocide in Sudan

Alex de Waal May 6, 2025

Africa Armed violence Famine Genocide Horn of Africa Rapid Support Forces Sudan Violence

Lineages of Genocide in Sudan

Alex de Waal May 5, 2025

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Famine in the Dark: Data for how censorship contributes to starvation

Alex de Waal April 30, 2025

Africa Democracy Ethiopia Famine Food insecurity Gaza India IPC Mass Starvation Middle East Sudan Tigray

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