Somalia faces more than spillover effects – these shocks are pushing the country’s long-term recovery further out of reach.

Crowdfunding campaigns rescue hostages – but the visibility they generate is becoming part of how ransom demands are set.

If formally recognised, unarmed civilian protection and community-based early warning can offer a path to sustaining ...

South Sudan faces rising militarisation and contested elections – practical pathways to a lasting peace are urgently needed.

Puleng Dimpane may only have a short time available, but she can still do things that strengthen the South African Police ...

Without a collective approach from African states, China’s tariff-free market access will not be the silver bullet many ...

Hassane Koné Senior Researcher, ISS Regional Office for West Africa and the Sahel Fahiraman Rodrigue Koné Project Manager, Sahel, ISS Regional Office for West Africa and the Sahel Djiby Sow Senior ...

The toppling of King Farouk in 1952 by the Egyptian army marked the beginning of military intervention to gain political power in Africa. Since then, military interferences in politics have become a ...

Over the past three months, security forces from the Lake Chad Basin countries – Nigeria, Niger, Chad and Cameroon – have announced the arrest or neutralisation of key figures in Boko Haram factions.

Amid a turbulent start to the year and the emergence of the ‘Donroe Doctrine’, global policymakers are adjusting to an increasingly muscular, interventionist United States (US) intent on setting the ...