The growing pool of disaffected youth could test the ruling party’s grip on power, especially as succession questions loom.

Can the security-for-minerals approach yield win-win outcomes for Sahelian states beyond diplomatic recognition?

The United States (US) has run into some problems with its America First Global Health Strategy it rolled out in September 2025. Twenty African nations and four Latin American states have so far ...

For Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger’s new force to succeed, relations with neighbouring countries need to be rebuilt.

The effects of Africa’s richest city running dry would be disastrous for its residents, the country’s economy, and the ...

For a small, open economy, reputational strength is a core asset – but time is running out and decisive steps are needed.

Improving security beyond the project site is vital, as is ensuring that gas revenues are managed responsibly and transparently.

What options remain when an array of sanctions and mediation efforts have failed to disrupt Sudan’s war machinery?

Africa is experiencing a rapidly expanding drone environment in terms of localised manufacturing, deployment and use, bringing a complex array of players and proxies. In combat, drones provide not ...

The value of army deployments depends on whether they are used to build the capabilities needed for lasting violence reduction.

African Union (AU) reforms to improve the body’s effectiveness started 10 years ago in 2016. The ongoing process involves enhancing the African Peace and Security Architecture (APSA), which includes ...

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 ...