The centre fills a major counter-insurgency gap in the north, but the challenge will be translating good intentions into results.

Reopening its liaison office offers a narrow, but real, opportunity for the African Union to help achieve a ceasefire.

Current geopolitical tensions could be catastrophic for climate action, especially Africa’s renewable energy transition.

National environments shaping the women who serve should be a central part of discussions about the future of peace ...

Prosecuting Rapid Support Forces members in Kenya won’t be easy, but will ultimately depend more on politics than on law or ...

Modelling shows that the civil war is pushing an already fragile development trajectory towards systemic collapse.

More displacement in the Lake Chad Basin is caused by climate disasters than by conflict, but the two are increasingly compounding. The Lake Chad Basin region is home to one of the world’s biggest ...

ISS worked with West African states and regional bodies to develop a unified approach to preventing and combating violent ...

Curbing this violent crime wave could make or break the transitional government – and solutions will require more than ...

Guinea’s response to the growing threat must consider domestic risk factors, not just the threat from neighbouring Mali.

Involvement of criminal actors in the private security industry raises questions about industries’ management of firearms.

Key climate finance decisions have again been deferred, leaving African countries without the tools to deliver on ambitious ...