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Trump’s framing of Nigeria insurgency as a war on Christians risks undermining interfaith peacebuilding
By Aili Mari Tripp, Vilas Research Professor of Political Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison President Donald Trump described a Dec. 25 airstrike on suspected insurgent camps as a ‘Christmas present’ from the US. Many in Nigeria are not viewing it as such. Read complete article © The Conversation -
Trump’s framing of Nigeria insurgency as a war on Christians risks undermining interfaith peacebuilding Original
Nigeria “must do more to protect Christians,” a senior U.S. State Department official demanded on Jan. 22, 2026, during a high-level security meeting in the African nation’s capital, Abuja. The comment followed an attack just days earlier in which more than 160 worshipers were kidnapped from three churches in Nigeria’s northern Kaduna state.
Trump’s framing of Nigeria insurgency as a war on Christians risks undermining interfaith peacebuilding
Trump’s framing of Nigeria insurgency as a war on Christians risks undermining interfaith peacebuilding
Trump’s framing of Nigeria insurgency as a war on Christians risks undermining interfaith peacebuilding
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Uganda: Obituary - Cecilia Atim Ogwal
Cecilia Barbara Atim Ogwal, one of Uganda's longest-serving female legislators, passed away on Jan.18 at the age of 77. Ogwal was regarded as a trailblazer, one of the strongest, most charismatic women leaders in the opposition, and a staunch defender of multipartyism, democracy and human rights. Known for her toughness, she was unafraid to stand up to male leaders in the ruling party and even within her own party. Hence she came to be known as the "iron lady" in Uganda.
Cecilia Atim Ogwal: a fearless Ugandan politician who spoke her mind and challenged conventions
Cecilia Barbara Atim Ogwal, one of Uganda's longest-serving female legislators, passed away on 18 January 2024 at the age of 77. Ogwal was regarded as a trailblazer, one of the strongest, most charismatic women leaders in the opposition, and a staunch defender of multipartyism, democracy and human rights. Known for her toughness, she was unafraid to stand up to male leaders in the ruling party and even within her own party. Hence she came to be known as the “iron lady” in Uganda.
Cecilia Atim Ogwal: a fearless Ugandan politician who spoke her mind and challenged conventions
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War, Revolution, and the Expansion of Women’s Political Representation | Politics & Gender | Cambridge Core
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Uganda: Women Appointed to Top Positions in Uganda, but Feelings Are Mixed
President Yoweri Museveni, who has led Uganda since 1986, has appointed a woman, Jessica Alupo, as vice-president and another woman, Robinah Nabbanja, as prime minister. He has also increased the percentage of women in the cabinet from 27% to 43%. This is the second time Museveni has appointed a woman as vice-president. Specioza Wandira Kazibwe served as vice-president from 1994 to 2003.
Women appointed to top positions in Uganda, but feelings are mixed
President Yoweri Museveni, who has led Uganda since 1986, has appointed a woman, Jessica Alupo, as vice-president and another woman, Robinah Nabbanja, as prime minister. He has also increased the percentage of women in the cabinet from 27% to 43%. This is the second time Museveni has appointed a woman as vice-president. Specioza Wandira Kazibwe served as vice-president from 1994 to 2003.
Women's Activism in Africa: Struggles for Rights and Representation
Women's Activism in Africa: Struggles for Rights and Representation Book Cover Our popular Book Club feature brings you accessible and powerful summaries of the best books on Africa. In this edition, Balghis Badri and Aili Mari Tripp share essential insights from their important new book Women’s Activism in Africa.
Analysis | Women are deeply involved in the Algerian protests -- on International Women’s Day, and all the time.
They might be the reason these protests have stayed peaceful. Women hold posters reading "Only one hero, the people", left, and "The power belongs to the people" during a demonstration in Algiers, Friday, March 8, 2019.
Africa: How African Feminism Changed the World
analysis By Aili Mari TrippToday as ever, African female activists are reshaping not just African feminist agendas but global ones as well. One of the great fallacies one still hears today is that feminism started in the Global North and found its way to the Global South. Another is that universal understandings of women's rights as embodied in UN treaties and conventions were formulated by activists in the North.
In Africa And Elsewhere, A Curious Case: Why Do Women’s Rights Advance More Quickly After Major Conflict?
WEDNESDAY was International Women’s Day, and an apt occasion to explore a curious phenomenon; why women’s rights often advance more quickly after a major conflict, especially in Africa: A CURIOUS byproduct of major conflict over the past three decades has been the heightened interest in women’s rights reforms and female political representation in countries coming out of major conflict.
How African feminism changed the world
Today as ever, African female activists are reshaping not just African feminist agendas but global ones as well. Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is one of many feminists shaping global discourses today. Credit: Commonwealth Foundation/Colin Patterson. One of the great fallacies one still hears today is that feminism started in the Global North and found its way to the Global South.
[Photo essay] 34,000 people, 1 message: Singing for peace in Goma
For more than two decades, the eastern DRC has suffered from war, mass atrocities, poverty, and destruction. Its well-known wealth in minerals and natural resources along with national and regional hostilities have created years of suffering for the Congolese people. It is in this context of instability that the meaning of “Amani”, peace in the Swahili language, gains importance in a land tired of conflict.
Where do African women have more power? Surprise - in countries emerging from war
When I went to Uganda in 1992, I was interested in understanding why the country had so many women in top government positions and why it had the highest rates of representation of women in parliament in Africa at the time. During my research, I realized that a key reason was war. Uganda had just emerged from years of major conflict. Relations between women and men had begun to change, and as a result, women started to mobilize for their rights.
Twenty years after the most important U.N. conference on women, what - if anything - has changed?
On Sunday, more than 70 world leaders are expected to participate in a United Nations meeting in New York on gender equality, a 20th anniversary commemoration of the most important United Nations conference on women that was held in Beijing in September 1995 and attended by 37,000 national representatives, U.N. officials, and women’s rights activists.
Women and Politics in Africa Today
In this post, Aili Mari Tripp looks at the presence of women in African politics. She asks how we can explain recent shifts across the continent, and what a focus on Africa adds to our broader understanding of women in politics. Aili Mari Tripp is the Professor of Political Science and Gender & Women’s Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. One of the most fascinating developments in African politics has been the increase in women’s political participation since the mid 1990s.
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