Alex de Waal

Alex de Waal is the executive director of the World Peace Foundation. His book, New Pandemics, Old Politics: Two Hundred Years of War on Disease and Its Alternatives is published by Polity this month.

Articles by Alex de Waal

Aview of destruction in a livestock market area in al-Fasher, the capital of Sudan's North Darfur state on Sept. 1.

Don’t Allow a Disastrous Collapse in Sudan

Argument

December 14, 2023, 8:43 AM

A medical worker closes an ambulance’s doors.

‘War on Disease’ Is a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

Argument

June 13, 2021, 7:22 AM

Eritrean soldiers wait in line to cross the border to attend a reopening ceremony with Ethiopia in Serha, Eritrea, on Sept. 11, 2018.

From Pariah to Kingmaker

Argument

March 3, 2021, 11:55 AM

Members of a military band attend an event to honor Ethiopia’s national defense forces in Addis Ababa, on Nov. 17.

Violence in Ethiopia Doesn’t Stay There

Argument

November 19, 2020, 1:17 PM

A boy living in a derelict building damaged during the Angolan civil war is seen through a hole in Kuito, in Angola’s Bie province, on June 2.

Africa’s ‘Civil Wars’ Are Regional Nightmares

Argument

October 22, 2019, 2:14 PM

Sudanese protesters demand civilian rule in Omdurman on June 29.

From Camel Herder to Dictator

Argument

July 2, 2019, 12:51 PM

The scene of an exploded truck bomb in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Oct. 14. (Mohamed Abdiwahab/AFP/Getty Images)

Can Somalia Ever Win Against al-Shabab?

Argument

October 19, 2017, 2:11 PM

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Brexit Is Bad News for Africa. Period.

Argument

June 27, 2016, 12:47 PM

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Africa’s $700 Billion Problem Waiting to Happen

Argument

March 17, 2016, 12:10 PM

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No Money, No Peace

Argument

December 2, 2015, 12:27 PM

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