Chad’s rapprochement clashes with its recent emphasis on national sovereignty and risks reviving insecurity among neighbours ...

Ten priorities could speed up development, turning Africa’s enormous potential into sustained and inclusive prosperity.

Across Central Africa, it is becoming harder to distinguish between those tasked with providing security and those driving crime and conflict. The inability of governments to guarantee security ...

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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