Africa: South Africa Police and Protesters Must Put Lives First As 30 June Looms

Police and leaders of anti-immigration movements have a responsibility to ensure that protests do not degenerate into violence. Read more »

Africa: New Maritime Task Force Puts Gulf of Guinea Unity to the Test

The Combined Maritime Task Force takes aim at piracy and other crimes affecting 26 diverse countries from Senegal to Angola. Read more »

Africa: Why Eastern DR Congo's Peace Efforts Are Vital to Containing Ebola

Conflict, mistrust and closed borders are hindering the containment of Ebola in DRC and neighbouring countries. Read more »

South Sudan: South Sudan's Sexual Violence Crisis - More Than a Wartime Phenomenon

The persistent crisis exposes serious failures by the state, peacekeeping missions and justice mechanisms tasked with protecting civilians. Read more »

South Africa: Anti-Migrant Myths That Have Been Allowed to Fester in South Africa

Rising xenophobia is fuelled by narratives that woefully and wilfully misrepresent SA's socio-economic problems and immigration and refugee law. Read more »

Africa: How Voluntary and Safe Are Burundian Refugee Returns From Tanzania?

The coercive repatriation of Burundian refugees risks reproducing cycles of displacement ahead of Burundi's 2027 elections. Read more »

Africa: Will Global Turmoil Push Africa's Leaders to Prioritise Agriculture?

The path to transforming agriculture is clear; the challenge is getting leaders to appreciate the value of agri-prosperity. Read more »

Africa: Is Africa Becoming a New Arena for Adaptive Drone Warfare?

The spread of Ukrainian technology and expertise could alter the balance between state and non-state armed groups across Africa. Read more »

Africa: ISWAP's Next Frontier - Darak in Northern Cameroon

Located on the borders of Cameroon, Nigeria and Chad, Darak is valuable to local and national economies - and to violent extremists. Read more »

Eswatini: Eswatini's Ominous Quiet

Five years since violent protests shattered Eswatini's calm, King Mswati III has done nothing to address the causes. Read more »

South Africa: Should SA Renew Its Anti-Piracy Operation in the Mozambique Channel?

Despite the navy's severe resource constraints, Operation Copper seems to have been continued for political rather than practical reasons. Read more »

Africa: Debate About SA's Falling Murder Levels Masks a Deeper Crisis

To keep murders on a downward trajectory, South Africa must prioritise and fund interventions that prevent family violence. Read more »

Africa: AU Peacekeepers Face Deadly Risks and Limited Recognition

Peacekeepers injured or killed in AU missions remain largely invisible. They deserve recognition, transparency and proper compensation. Read more »

Zambia: Elections 2026 - Is Zambia's Democratic Success Story Beginning to Fray?

There is a danger that voters see the August election outcome as shaped by legal manoeuvring rather than the ballot. Read more »

Africa: Peacekeeping Funding Cuts Mean Africa Must Rethink Security

African governments must avoid replacing one dependency with another while building more accountable, fit-for-purpose security systems. Read more »

Africa: JNIM's Blockade Tactics Threaten West Africa's Trade Corridors

Recent terror attacks across Mali have intensified JNIM's blockades of vital transport routes connecting port cities to Sahelian capitals. Read more »

Nigeria: Industrial-Scale Meth Production Poses New Security Risks for Nigeria

Southwestern Nigeria has largely been spared major security threats - now it faces a troubling convergence of drugs and terror. Read more »

South Africa: Can South Africa Afford to Keep Starlink Out?

Achieving the country's ambitious goal of 100% broadband access by 2030 could require a trade-off between politics and connectivity. Read more »

Africa: Why Military Gains Are Not Weakening the ADF in Eastern DRC

The ADF's resilience stems from kidnapping economies, forced recruitment and governance failures that military operations cannot address alone. Read more »

Gambia: The Gambia's First Special Prosecutor - a Non-Gambian?

To achieve justice and reconciliation, the Special Prosecutor must ensure that accountability appears neither distant nor external to victims. Read more »

Chad: Crackdown On Chad's Opposition Threatens a Return to One-Party Rule

Rather than learning from Chad's history of coups and deadly conflicts, current leaders seem determined to repeat the cycle. Read more »

Nigeria: Will the U.S.-Nigeria Targeting of ISWAP's Deputy Weaken Terrorism?

International and local experience shows that targeted leader killings tend to have more symbolic than practical impact. Read more »

Guinea: Guinea's May Elections End Its Transition - but Will They Bring Stability?

Although authorities adhered to the ECOWAS timeline, Guinea's return to democracy is mired in controversy. Read more »

Africa: Dear Mr President - to Succeed, South Africa Needs an Excellent Social Development Minister

The department can no longer be treated as peripheral - its new minister must have empathy and a deep knowledge of social welfare. Read more »

Uganda: Uganda's New Foreign Financing Law Further Narrows the Opposition's Chances

The law criminalising foreign political funding would only be justifiable if the country had a stronger democratic record. Read more »