It is a universally accepted principle, enshrined in international conventions, that elections are the only legitimate means to reach and rotate power in a state. If electoral processes are to bear fruit in terms of enhancing and strengthening (...)
The Egyptian government last week declared the Muslim Brotherhood a “terrorist organisation”. A government decree banned all activities of the organisation, including demonstrations, and warned that Muslim Brotherhood members who violated the ban (...)
‘Non-violence, which is the quality of the heart, cannot come by an appeal to the brain'
— Mahatma Gandhi
Violence, in general, is one of the phenomena that most concerns government agencies as well as the international community. In Western (...)
Ethiopia has begun operations to divert a portion of the Blue Nile preparatory to the construction of a major dam. Although this project had been anticipated for many years and in spite of repeated assurances from Addis Ababa that it would not (...)
Political violence is the bane of modern states. Those who engage in violence of this sort negate the need for society to act in a cohesive manner, balancing the rights of one group of individuals against another. Their actions, if tolerated, would (...)
