Africa was hit by a record number of digital shutdowns in 2025 that stifled opposition and undermined democracy.

This edition examines the effectiveness of PSC subcommittees and maritime security institutions, with a focus on coordination ...

African countries and their leaders must apply UN findings in comparable situations of violence, whether in Sudan, the DRC or ...

Somalia's EAC membership offers strategic and economic gains, but security threats, weak institutions and governance ...

Beyond the contentions around the composition of the ECSL is the controversial use of census data for electoral purposes.

The 1973 Lokiriama accord shows how culturally rooted, elder-led peacebuilding can deliver lasting results where modern ...

Geography, weak coordination and uneven member-state engagement continue to constrain SADC's maritime security architecture ...

Governments in the Lake Chad Basin region must target and dismantle terrorist groups’ information-gathering and processing ...

Amid severe UN budget cuts and US disengagement, the resolution’s survival depends on creative diplomacy and stronger African ...

Addressing the terrorist threat should not justify dismantling the governance architecture the AU has painstakingly built ...

Taiwo Adebayo is a Researcher in the Lake Chad Basin project at the ISS. Célestin Delanga is a Research Officer in the Lake ...

On 4 December, the presidents of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) signed the Washington Accords for ...