In this post, Martha Bradley and Marko Svičevič explore how President Cyril Ramaphosa’s statement that South Africa’s military presence in the DRC is “not a declaration of war” raises critical questions under international humanitarian law. They further examine the legal implications of classifying an armed conflict as either an international or non-international armed conflict and the legal implications this holds for the parties involved.

In this post, the ALM team interviewed book editors, Marko Svičevič and Martha M. Bradley to provide an overview of their recent publication which examines one of today's most overlooked conflicts. Through a multidisciplinary lens, the book explores the conflict in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province, which has claimed thousands of lives and displaced a million people since 2017. It examines the conflict's origins, the responses from regional and international actors, and its broader implications.