August 31, 2022
East Africa: East Africa Could Achieve Better Cooperation On Criminal Matters
States would ratify IGAD's extradition and mutual legal assistance agreements if they focused on serious regional offences. Read more »
August 30, 2022
Africa: Continent Has a Rare Chance to Shape the International Order
As global powers seek support for their competing worldviews, will Africa capitalise on its rising strategic value? Read more »
August 29, 2022
Kenya: Lake Turkana's Entire Tilapia Species Threatened By Smuggling
As corrupt officials from Kenya to the DRC prosper, the world's only permanent desert lake faces ecological disaster. Read more »
August 26, 2022
Africa: Japan's TICAD May Be Upstaged By China, but Remains Important
Japan is using this week's TICAD8 summit in Tunisia to lay down markers about Russia and China. Read more »
August 25, 2022
Nigeria: Can Nigeria Finance Its War Against Insurgents?
The revenue crunch will make it difficult to counter the surge in violence from Boko Haram and other groups. Read more »
August 24, 2022
Morocco: Migrants At the Mercy of Morocco's Iron Fist
The tragic death of 37 migrants in Melilla underlines the Moroccan regime's authoritarian security policy. Read more »
August 23, 2022
Africa: Examining the Continent's Place in the World's Divided Future
As global upheavals change the world as we know it, four scenarios reveal the impacts on our long-term future. Read more »
August 22, 2022
Africa: Have We Entered the Race to Net Zero? #AfricaClimateCrisis
With China overperforming on its renewable energy targets, a landmark US bill could boost the global climate transition. Read more »
August 19, 2022
Kenya: Ruto Wins - At Least for Now
Despite disruptions when the results were announced, Kenya's polls seemed credible, and the courts will be the final arbiters. Read more »
August 18, 2022
Angola: Free and Fair Elections Still Out of Reach in Angola
With the political playing field stacked in the ruling party's favour, conflict could erupt after the 24 August polls. Read more »
August 17, 2022
Africa: Blinken's African Charm Offensive
The US secretary of state's candid and constructive messages suggest an overdue recalibration in US-Africa relations. Read more »
August 16, 2022
South Africa: The Great Crime of Marikana
They knew bloodshed was likely, and yet South Africa's police commanders launched their operation against striking miners. Read more »
August 15, 2022
Southern Africa: SADC Needs a Firmer Strategy for the Spiralling Eswatini Crisis
This week's summit should appoint a special envoy to assert SADC's position and revive the national dialogue. Read more »
August 12, 2022
Africa: Unpacking Africa's Divided Stance on the Ukraine War
A lack of principled consistency in solving conflicts makes Africa's non-aligned position look like short-sighted opportunism. Read more »
August 11, 2022
East Africa: Shovelling for a Pittance - East Africa's Young Sand Miners
Kenya's Makueni County leads the way in taking decisive action to regulate the illegal sand trade. Read more »
August 10, 2022
Africa: Massacres and Atrocities Are One Part of South Africa's Crime Story
Large-scale attacks provoke outrage, but so should the daily devastation wreaked by murder, rape and brutality in South Africa. Read more »
August 09, 2022
Africa: Mishmash of Regional Blocs Doesn't Add Enough Value
Many countries have joined more than one organisation, which divides loyalties and constrains capacity and cohesion. Read more »
August 08, 2022
Africa: More BRICS in the Wall?
Expanding BRICS to create an alternative power bloc is enticing for many countries, but faces several practical limitations. Read more »
August 05, 2022
Madagascar: Rajoelina and the Saga of Madagascar's Smuggled Gold
Is Madagascar's decision to cut airlinks with South Africa about gold or political baggage? Read more »
August 04, 2022
Nigeria: Nigeria's Creative Sector Could Help Write the Security Governance Playbook
The influential arts community, especially the youth, can work with government and civil society to reduce insecurity. Read more »
August 03, 2022
West Africa: Mali to Dubai - Artery for West Africa's Booming Illegal Gold Trade
Tax breaks in Mali and weak import procedures in the UAE fuel the multi-billion dollar illicit trade. Read more »
August 02, 2022
South Africa: Are Police Jumping the Gun On New Technologies?
Tech spending is up, but police data and capacity gaps must be resolved to leverage the benefits. Read more »
August 01, 2022
Ethiopia: Ethiopia Urgently Needs a Transitional Justice Policy
The country has a window of opportunity to improve its transitional justice approach, which has been disjointed and ineffective. Read more »
July 29, 2022
Africa: Lavrov's African Safari Was Not Routine
With Russia's foreign minister and France's president in Africa this week, propaganda around the Ukraine war is intensifying. Read more »
July 28, 2022
West Africa: Arms Trafficking From Libya to Niger Is Back in Business
Countries in West Africa need to collaborate to stem the tide of weapons flowing through Niger. Read more »