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Any peacekeeping operation needs to secure strategically important institutions. When these are located in densely populated cities, there are grave risks for troops on patrol. Emma Elfversson, Paul D. Williams and Sara Lindberg Bromley unpack the lessons learnt from the African Union mission in Somalia, centred on the capital Mogadishu.
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A soldier on the African Union Mission in Somalia standing guard on a street during a security operation in Mogadishu, Somalia.
EPA/Tobin Jones
Emma Elfversson, Uppsala University; Paul D. Williams, George Washington University; Sara Lindberg Bromley, Uppsala University
AMISOM's experiences suggest that urban peace operations must be given sufficient resources from the outset
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Environment + Energy
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John Measey, Stellenbosch University
BRICS member countries can help global efforts to manage invasive species.
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Evan Thomas, University of Colorado Boulder
Drought-driven humanitarian emergencies can be prevented if groundwater is reliably made available at strategic locations.
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Arts + Culture
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TL McCormick, University of Johannesburg
There were secretive, intimate spaces in South Africa during the 1950s that paved the way for modern drag pageants.
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Haley McEwen, University of the Witwatersrand
Lobby group FOR SA is backed by the US Christian right. Its latest target is South Africa's increasingly inclusive sex education lesson plans.
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From our international editions
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Jonathan Davis, Anglia Ruskin University
In 1989, Francis Fukuyama pronounced that history had ended. How wrong he was.
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Sean Jordan, UCL
Scientists have for the first time created shown how the precursor to living cells could have formed around deep-sea hydrothermal vents.
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