Botswana’s President Masisi confronts his arch-rival at next week’s election, but the real enemy may be elsewhere.

The relevance of traditional justice should be assessed by factors other than its potential to reduce formal court backlogs.

SADC remains silent as electoral fraud, post-election violence and the murder of opposition figures undermine democracy.

Rwanda-DRC talks have resumed, but whether they can shift the fundamental barriers to peace remains to be seen.

SADC relationship will accelerate achievement of the subsidiarity and complementarity goals central to peace and security.

This edition discusses enhancing AU mercenarism framework, and features an interview on Cameroon’s PSC chairship.

The trend could be a symptom of a failing multilateral system or a pragmatic solution to evolving security challenges.