“In God we trust; all others must bring data,” said American statistician and management theorist W. Edwards Deming – a reminder that accountability begins with evidence. Every month, my colleagues and I try to answer...
Southern African Development Community
Child abductions in Mozambique on the rise
Since the start of 2025, more than 120 children have been abducted in Mozambique’s northernmost province of Cabo Delgado. Human Rights Watch and the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) have documented a series of...
Rwanda’s security forays buck the trend
Amid mounting criticism of United Nations peacekeeping missions and Western military involvement, many African governments have sought alternative security partners — private military companies, local militias and...
SADC’s role and limitations in ensuring democratic integrity
Almost a third of African countries have already held, or will still hold, general or presidential elections in 2024. A significant concentration of these are in the Southern African Development Community (SADC)...
SADC concludes its Mozambique mission while new DRC deployment faces high risks
The Southern African Development Community Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM) will largely complete its withdrawal from Cabo Delgado this month (July 2024), three years after its deployment. Personnel who remain will do so...
Gas plan is a regional opportunity
In the wake of South Africa cementing itself as a coalition nation — through forming a government of national unity — attention is focused on re-elected President Cyril Ramaphosa to announce a new cabinet. The new...
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